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CVE-2025-21641

MEDIUM 5.5

mptcp: sysctl: blackhole timeout: 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: mptcp: sysctl: blackhole timeout: avoid using current->nsproxy As mentioned in the previous commit, 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 'pernet' structure can be obtained from the table->data using container_of().

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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
27069e7cb3d1cea9377069266acf19b9cc5ad0ae < 4c74fbdc5ab95b13945be01e6065940b68222db7 27069e7cb3d1cea9377069266acf19b9cc5ad0ae < 92cf7a51bdae24a32c592adcdd59a773ae149289
Linux / Linux
6.12

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c74fbdc5ab95b13945be01e6065940b68222db7 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/92cf7a51bdae24a32c592adcdd59a773ae149289