Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Jan 19, 2025· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2025-21638
CVE-2025-21638
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
sctp: sysctl: auth_enable: avoid using current->nsproxy
As mentioned in a previous commit of this series, 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 'net' structure can be obtained from the table->data using container_of().
Note that table->data could also be used directly, but that would increase the size of this fix, while 'sctp.ctl_sock' still needs to be retrieved from 'net' structure.
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Affected products
80cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 8 more
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=3.10.41,<3.11
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.13:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.13:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.13:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.13:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.13:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.13:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)
- (no CPE)range: 3.15
- osv-coords71 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< 6.11.0-1011.12+ 70 more
- (no CPE)range: < 6.11.0-1011.12
- (no CPE)range: < 6.11.0-1010.10
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.23.42.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.23.42.2
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.8.31.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.23.42.2
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.23.42.2.150600.12.18.4
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.23.42.2
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.23.42.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.23.42.2
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.23.42.2
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.23.42.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.10.29.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.10.29.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.8.31.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.23.42.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.10.29.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.8.31.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.23.42.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.10.29.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.23.42.2
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.23.42.2
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.8.31.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-15061.18.coco15sp6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-15061.18.coco15sp6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.23.42.2.150600.12.18.4
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-28.1.21.6
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-28.1.21.6
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.23.42.2
- (no CPE)range: < 4.12.14-122.250.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.23.42.2
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.23.42.2
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.23.42.2
- (no CPE)range: < 4.12.14-122.250.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.12.14-122.250.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.23.42.2
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-28.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-28.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.23.42.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-28.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-28.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1-3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1-3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1-3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1-3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1-150600.1.3.2
- (no CPE)range: < 1-150600.13.3.4
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.23.42.2
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.10.29.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-28.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-28.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.10.29.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.8.31.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-15061.18.coco15sp6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.23.42.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.23.42.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.12.14-122.250.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.12.14-122.250.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-28.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-28.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-28.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-28.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.10.29.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.8.31.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-15061.18.coco15sp6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.23.42.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.12.14-122.250.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.12.14-122.250.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.10.29.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.23.42.2
- (no CPE)range: < 1-8.3.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
10- git.kernel.org/stable/c/15649fd5415eda664ef35780c2013adeb5d9c695nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b67030d39f2b00f94ac1f0af11ba6657589e4d3nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ec30c54f339c640aa7e49d7e9f7bbed6bd42bf6nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/bd2a2939423566c654545fa3e96a656662a0af9envdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/c184bc621e3cef03ac9ba81a50dda2dae6a21d36nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/dc583e7e5f8515ca489c0df28e4362a70eade382nvdPatch
- cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.htmlnvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/cf387cdebfaebae228dfba162f94c567a67610c3nvd
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00001.htmlnvd
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.htmlnvd
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