CVE-2025-21675 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV5.9
EPSS
0.0%
top 91.12%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedJan 31
Latest updateJul 17
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net/mlx5: Clear port select structure when fail to create
Clear the port select structure on error so no stale values left after
definers are destroyed. That's because the mlx5_lag_destroy_definers()
always try to destroy all lag definers in the tt_map, so in the flow
below lag definers get double-destroyed and cause kernel crash:
mlx5_lag_port_sel_create()
mlx5_lag_create_definers()
mlx5_lag_create_definer() <- Failed on tt …
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 Packages6 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linuxdc48516ec7d369c6b80bf9f14d774287b6c428aa — efc92a260e23cf9fafb0b6f6c9beb6f8df93fab4+4