CVE Catalog

CVE-2025-21635

MediumCVSS 5.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.25%

17th percentile - higher than 17% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, a bug was fixed in the rds_tcp_rcvbuf and rds_tcp_sndbuf sysctl handling where current->nsproxy was used, which could be NULL and cause a null-ptr-deref (Oops). The issue was spotted by syzbot using acct(2).

Risk Assessment

May lead to kernel crashes (Oops) and system instability, especially during task exit or unusual sysctl call scenarios.

Recommendation

Update the Linux kernel to a version with the fix to avoid potential crashes related to RDS and sysctl.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rds: sysctl: rds_tcp_{rcv,snd}buf: 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 per-netns structure can be obtained from the table->data using container_of(), then the 'net' one can be retrieved from the listen socket (if available).

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