CVE-2025-21666
vsock: prevent null-ptr-deref in vsock_*[has_data|has_space]
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vsock: prevent null-ptr-deref in vsock_*[has_data|has_space] Recent reports have shown how we sometimes call vsock_*_has_data() when a vsock socket has been de-assigned from a transport (see attached links), but we shouldn't. Previous commits should have solved the real problems, but we may have more in the future, so to avoid null-ptr-deref, we can return 0 (no space, no data available) but with a warning. This way the code should continue to run in a nearly consistent state and have a warning that allows us to debug future problems.
| Vendor | linux |
| Product | linux |
| Ecosystems | |
| Industries | Technology |
| Published | Jan 31, 2025 |
| Last Updated | May 12, 2026 |
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Affected Versions
Linux / Linux
c0cfa2d8a788fcf45df5bf4070ab2474c88d543a < daeac89cdb03d30028186f5ff7dc26ec8fa843e7 c0cfa2d8a788fcf45df5bf4070ab2474c88d543a < 9e5fed46ccd2c34c5fa5a9c8825ce4823fdc853e c0cfa2d8a788fcf45df5bf4070ab2474c88d543a < b52e50dd4fabd12944172bd486a4f4853b7f74dd c0cfa2d8a788fcf45df5bf4070ab2474c88d543a < bc9c49341f9728c31fe248c5fbba32d2e81a092b c0cfa2d8a788fcf45df5bf4070ab2474c88d543a < c23d1d4f8efefb72258e9cedce29de10d057f8ca c0cfa2d8a788fcf45df5bf4070ab2474c88d543a < 91751e248256efc111e52e15115840c35d85abaf
Linux / Linux
5.5
References
git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/daeac89cdb03d30028186f5ff7dc26ec8fa843e7 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9e5fed46ccd2c34c5fa5a9c8825ce4823fdc853e git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b52e50dd4fabd12944172bd486a4f4853b7f74dd git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bc9c49341f9728c31fe248c5fbba32d2e81a092b git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c23d1d4f8efefb72258e9cedce29de10d057f8ca git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/91751e248256efc111e52e15115840c35d85abaf lists.debian.org: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00001.html lists.debian.org: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.html cert-portal.siemens.com: https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html