CVE Catalog

CVE-2025-21669

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.23%

14th percentile - higher than 14% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the vsock/virtio mechanism did not discard packets after a transport change. This can lead to a NULL pointer dereference of vsk->transport when the socket is reassigned or detached.

Risk Assessment

The organization is at risk of system crashes (NULL pointer dereference) due to interrupted vsock connections, potentially leading to denial of service.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix that discards packets after transport change.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vsock/virtio: discard packets if the transport changes If the socket has been de-assigned or assigned to another transport, we must discard any packets received because they are not expected and would cause issues when we access vsk->transport. A possible scenario is described by Hyunwoo Kim in the attached link, where after a first connect() interrupted by a signal, and a second connect() failed, we can find `vsk->transport` at NULL, leading to a NULL pointer dereference.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS