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CVE-2025-21637

MEDIUM 5.5

sctp: sysctl: udp_port: avoid using current->nsproxy

CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sctp: sysctl: udp_port: 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, but that would increase the size of this fix, while 'sctp.ctl_sock' still needs to be retrieved from 'net' structure.

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Product linux
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Published Jan 19, 2025
Last Updated May 11, 2026
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Affected Versions

Linux / Linux
046c052b475e7119b6a30e3483e2888fc606a2f8 < 0a0966312ac3eedd7f5f2a766ed4702df39a9a65 046c052b475e7119b6a30e3483e2888fc606a2f8 < e919197fb8616331f5dc81e4c3cc3d12769cb725 046c052b475e7119b6a30e3483e2888fc606a2f8 < 55627918febdf9d71107a1e68d1528dc591c9a15 046c052b475e7119b6a30e3483e2888fc606a2f8 < 5b77d73f3be5102720fb685b9e6900e3500e1096 046c052b475e7119b6a30e3483e2888fc606a2f8 < c10377bbc1972d858eaf0ab366a311b39f8ef1b6
Linux / Linux
5.11

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a0966312ac3eedd7f5f2a766ed4702df39a9a65 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e919197fb8616331f5dc81e4c3cc3d12769cb725 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/55627918febdf9d71107a1e68d1528dc591c9a15 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5b77d73f3be5102720fb685b9e6900e3500e1096 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c10377bbc1972d858eaf0ab366a311b39f8ef1b6 lists.debian.org: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00001.html