CVE-2025-21642 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV7.8OSV7.1OSV6.2
EPSS
0.0%
top 94.34%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedJan 19
Latest updateMay 29
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mptcp: sysctl: sched: avoid using current->nsproxy
Using the 'net' structure via 'current' is not recommended for different
reasons.
First, if the goal is to use it to read or write per-netns data, this is
inconsistent with how the "generic" sysctl entries are doing: directly
by only using pointers set to the table entry, e.g. table->data. Linked
to that, the per-netns data should always be obtained from the table
linked to t…
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6
Affected Packages5 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linuxdaad878a509d69da1761106cb48c091dfe9d522d — c0e394fd6b887e84da17e38aaa6c1c104f9c86c2+4