Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mptcp: sysctl: blackhole timeout: avoid using current->nsproxy
As mentioned in the previous commit, 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 'pernet' structure can be obtained from the table->data using container_of().
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HWeakness enumeration
Affected software
No affected versions have been published.
Timeline
- Published
- Jan 19, 2025
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified