CVE-2025-21669

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.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTNIST
5.5 MEDIUM
LOCAL
LOW
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
LinuxCNA
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Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 4%
VendorProductVersion
linuxlinux_kernel
5.5 ≤
𝑥
< 5.15.177
linuxlinux_kernel
5.16 ≤
𝑥
< 6.1.127
linuxlinux_kernel
6.2 ≤
𝑥
< 6.6.74
linuxlinux_kernel
6.7 ≤
𝑥
< 6.12.11
linuxlinux_kernel
6.13:rc1
linuxlinux_kernel
6.13:rc2
linuxlinux_kernel
6.13:rc3
linuxlinux_kernel
6.13:rc4
linuxlinux_kernel
6.13:rc5
linuxlinux_kernel
6.13:rc6
linuxlinux_kernel
6.13:rc7
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions
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Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
linux
bullseye
vulnerable
bullseye (security)
5.10.234-1
fixed
bookworm
6.1.129-1
fixed
bookworm (security)
6.1.128-1
fixed
trixie
6.12.20-1
fixed
sid
6.12.21-1
fixed
linux-6.1
bullseye (security)
6.1.129-1~deb11u1
fixed