Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
sctp: sysctl: udp_port: 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.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | >= 046c052b475e7119b6a30e3483e2888fc606a2f8, < 0a0966312ac3eedd7f5f2a766ed4702df39a9a65; >= 046c052b475e7119b6a30e3483e2888fc606a2f8, < e919197fb8616331f5dc81e4c3cc3d12769cb725; >= 046c052b475e7119b6a30e3483e2888fc606a2f8, < 55627918febdf9d71107a1e68d1528dc591c9a15; >= 046c052b475e7119b6a30e3483e2888fc606a2f8, < 5b77d73f3be5102720fb685b9e6900e3500e1096; >= 046c052b475e7119b6a30e3483e2888fc606a2f8, < c10377bbc1972d858eaf0ab366a311b39f8ef1b6 |
| Linux | Linux | 5.11 |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a0966312ac3eedd7f5f2a766ed4702df39a9a65Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/55627918febdf9d71107a1e68d1528dc591c9a15Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5b77d73f3be5102720fb685b9e6900e3500e1096Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c10377bbc1972d858eaf0ab366a311b39f8ef1b6Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e919197fb8616331f5dc81e4c3cc3d12769cb725Patch
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00001.html
Timeline
- Published
- Jan 19, 2025
- Last modified
- Jul 30, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified