CVE-2025-21640
sctp: sysctl: cookie_hmac_alg: avoid using current->nsproxy
Severity Score
Exploit Likelihood
Affected Versions
Public Exploits
0Exploited in Wild
-Decision
Descriptions
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sctp: sysctl: cookie_hmac_alg: avoid using current->nsproxy As mentioned in a previous commit of this series, using the 'net'
structure via 'current' is not recommended for different reasons: - Inconsistency: getting info from the reader's/writer's netns vs only from the opener's netns. - current->nsproxy can be NULL in some cases, resulting in an 'Oops' (null-ptr-deref), e.g. when the current task is exiting, as spotted by syzbot [1] using acct(2). The 'net' structure can be obtained from the table->data using
container_of(). Note that table->data could also be used directly, as this is the only
member needed from the 'net' structure, but that would increase the size
of this fix, to use '*data' everywhere 'net->sctp.sctp_hmac_alg' is
used.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sctp: sysctl: cookie_hmac_alg: avoid using current->nsproxy As mentioned in a previous commit of this series, using the 'net' structure via 'current' is not recommended for different reasons: - Inconsistency: getting info from the reader's/writer's netns vs only from the opener's netns. - current->nsproxy can be NULL in some cases, resulting in an 'Oops' (null-ptr-deref), e.g. when the current task is exiting, as spotted by syzbot [1] using acct(2). The 'net' structure can be obtained from the table->data using container_of(). Note that table->data could also be used directly, as this is the only member needed from the 'net' structure, but that would increase the size of this fix, to use '*data' everywhere 'net->sctp.sctp_hmac_alg' is used.
CVSS Scores
SSVC
- Decision:-
Timeline
- 2024-12-29 CVE Reserved
- 2025-01-19 CVE Published
- 2025-01-20 CVE Updated
- 2025-01-20 EPSS Updated
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CWE
CAPEC
References (5)
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c68198e75111a905ac2412be12bf7b29099729b | Vuln. Introduced |
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Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 3.8 < 6.1.125 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 3.8 < 6.1.125" | en |
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Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 3.8 < 6.6.72 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 3.8 < 6.6.72" | en |
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Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 3.8 < 6.12.10 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 3.8 < 6.12.10" | en |
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Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 3.8 < 6.13 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 3.8 < 6.13" | en |
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