CVE-2025-21641
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().
| Vendor | linux |
| Product | linux |
| Ecosystems | |
| Industries | Technology |
| 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