CVE-2025-21755
March 5, 2025, 6:48 p.m.
5.5
Medium
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
vsock: Orphan socket after transport release
During socket release, sock_orphan() is called without considering that it
sets sk->sk_wq to NULL. Later, if SO_LINGER is enabled, this leads to a
null pointer dereferenced in virtio_transport_wait_close().
Orphan the socket only after transport release.
Partially reverts the 'Fixes:' commit.
KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000018-0x000000000000001f]
lock_acquire+0x19e/0x500
_raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x47/0x70
add_wait_queue+0x46/0x230
virtio_transport_release+0x4e7/0x7f0
__vsock_release+0xfd/0x490
vsock_release+0x90/0x120
__sock_release+0xa3/0x250
sock_close+0x14/0x20
__fput+0x35e/0xa90
__x64_sys_close+0x78/0xd0
do_syscall_64+0x93/0x1b0
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e
Product(s) Impacted
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux |
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Weaknesses
Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.
CWE-476
NULL Pointer Dereference
A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit.
*CPE(s)
Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language | Software Edition | Target Software | Target Hardware | Other Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| o | linux | linux_kernel | 6.14 | rc1 | / | / | / | / | / | / |
| o | linux | linux_kernel | 6.14 | rc2 | / | / | / | / | / | / |
References
Tags
CVSS Score
CVSS Data - 3.1
- Attack Vector: LOCAL
- Attack Complexity: LOW
- Privileges Required: LOW
- Scope: UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality Impact: NONE
- Integrity Impact: NONE
- Availability Impact: HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Timeline
Published: Feb. 27, 2025, 3:15 a.m.
Last Modified: March 5, 2025, 6:48 p.m.
Last Modified: March 5, 2025, 6:48 p.m.
Status : Analyzed
CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.
More infoSource
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