CVE-2025-21670

linux: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vsock/bpf: return early if transport is not assi...

CVE-2025-21670 is fixed in 61 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2025-21670, released January 31, 2025. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.

Routine
CVSS
5.5
medium
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0023
13th percentile

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vsock/bpf: return early if transport is not assigned Some of the core functions can only be called if the transport has been assigned. As Michal reported, a socket might have the transport at NULL, for example after a failed connect(), causing the following trace: BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 00000000000000a0 #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page PGD 12faf8067 P4D 12faf8067 PUD 113670067 PMD 0 Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI CPU: 15 UID: 0 PID: 1198 Comm: a.out Not tainted 6.13.0-rc2+ RIP: 0010:vsock_connectible_has_data+0x1f/0x40 Call Trace: vsock_bpf_recvmsg+0xca/0x5e0 sock_recvmsg+0xb9/0xc0 __sys_recvfrom+0xb3/0x130 __x64_sys_recvfrom+0x20/0x30 do_syscall_64+0x93/0x180 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e So we need to check the `vsk->transport` in vsock_bpf_recvmsg(), especially for connected sockets (stream/seqpacket) as we already do in __vsock_connectible_recvmsg().

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
dtb-aarch64 · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.38.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0499-1 Feb 13, 2025
kernel-64kb · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.38.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0499-1 Feb 13, 2025
kernel-64kb · sles 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.38.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0499-1 Feb 13, 2025
kernel-azure · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.8.31.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0847-1 Mar 12, 2025
kernel-azure · sles 15.6 6.4.0-150600.8.31.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0847-1 Mar 12, 2025
kernel-coco · sles 15.6 6.4.0-15061.15.coco15sp6.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0564-1 Feb 17, 2025
kernel-coco_debug · sles 15.6 6.4.0-15061.15.coco15sp6.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0564-1 Feb 17, 2025
kernel-debug · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.38.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0499-1 Feb 13, 2025
kernel-default · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.38.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0499-1 Feb 13, 2025
kernel-default · sles 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.38.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0499-1 Feb 13, 2025
kernel-default-base · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.38.1.150600.12.16.2 SUSE-SU-2025:0499-1 Feb 13, 2025
kernel-default-base · sles 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.38.1.150600.12.16.2 SUSE-SU-2025:0499-1 Feb 13, 2025
kernel-docs · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.38.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0499-1 Feb 13, 2025
kernel-docs · sles 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.38.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0499-1 Feb 13, 2025
kernel-kvmsmall · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.38.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0499-1 Feb 13, 2025
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6-RT_Update_8 · sles 15.6 1-150600.1.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0557-1 Feb 14, 2025
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_8 · sles 15.6 1-150600.13.3.2 SUSE-SU-2025:0499-1 Feb 13, 2025
kernel-obs-build · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.38.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0499-1 Feb 13, 2025
kernel-obs-build · sles 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.38.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0499-1 Feb 13, 2025
kernel-obs-qa · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.38.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0499-1 Feb 13, 2025
kernel-rt · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.10.26.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0557-1 Feb 14, 2025
kernel-rt_debug · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.10.26.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0557-1 Feb 14, 2025
kernel-source · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.38.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0499-1 Feb 13, 2025
kernel-source · sles 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.38.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0499-1 Feb 13, 2025
kernel-source-azure · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.8.31.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0847-1 Mar 12, 2025
kernel-source-azure · sles 15.6 6.4.0-150600.8.31.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0847-1 Mar 12, 2025
kernel-source-coco · sles 15.6 6.4.0-15061.15.coco15sp6.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0564-1 Feb 17, 2025
kernel-source-rt · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.10.26.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0557-1 Feb 14, 2025
kernel-syms · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.38.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0499-1 Feb 13, 2025
kernel-syms · sles 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.38.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0499-1 Feb 13, 2025
kernel-syms-azure · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.8.31.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0847-1 Mar 12, 2025
kernel-syms-azure · sles 15.6 6.4.0-150600.8.31.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0847-1 Mar 12, 2025
kernel-syms-coco · sles 15.6 6.4.0-15061.15.coco15sp6.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0564-1 Feb 17, 2025
kernel-syms-rt · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.10.26.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0557-1 Feb 14, 2025
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kernel-uek-debug-core · ol 9 0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek ELSA-2025-20480 Jul 17, 2025
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kernel-uek-debug-modules · ol 9 0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek ELSA-2025-20480 Jul 17, 2025
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kernel-uek-debug-modules-core · ol 9 0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek ELSA-2025-20480 Jul 17, 2025
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kernel-uek-debug-modules-deprecated · ol 9 0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek ELSA-2025-20480 Jul 17, 2025
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kernel-uek-debug-modules-extra-netfilter · ol 10 0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek ELSA-2025-20480 Jul 17, 2025
kernel-uek-debug-modules-extra-netfilter · ol 9 0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek ELSA-2025-20480 Jul 17, 2025
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kernel-uek-debug-modules-wireless · ol 10 0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek ELSA-2025-20480 Jul 17, 2025
kernel-uek-debug-modules-wireless · ol 9 0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek ELSA-2025-20480 Jul 17, 2025
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kernel-uek-modules · ol 9 0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek ELSA-2025-20480 Jul 17, 2025
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kernel-uek-modules-extra-netfilter · ol 9 0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek ELSA-2025-20480 Jul 17, 2025
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kernel-uek-modules-usb · ol 9 0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek ELSA-2025-20480 Jul 17, 2025
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kernel-uek64k-devel · ol 9 0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek ELSA-2025-20480 Jul 17, 2025
kernel-uek64k-modules · ol 10 0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek ELSA-2025-20480 Jul 17, 2025
kernel-uek64k-modules · ol 9 0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek ELSA-2025-20480 Jul 17, 2025
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kernel-uek64k-modules-core · ol 9 0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek ELSA-2025-20480 Jul 17, 2025
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kernel-uek64k-modules-desktop · ol 10 0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek ELSA-2025-20480 Jul 17, 2025
kernel-uek64k-modules-desktop · ol 9 0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek ELSA-2025-20480 Jul 17, 2025
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kernel-uek64k-modules-extra · ol 9 0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek ELSA-2025-20480 Jul 17, 2025
kernel-uek64k-modules-extra-netfilter · ol 10 0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek ELSA-2025-20480 Jul 17, 2025
kernel-uek64k-modules-extra-netfilter · ol 9 0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek ELSA-2025-20480 Jul 17, 2025
kernel-uek64k-modules-usb · ol 10 0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek ELSA-2025-20480 Jul 17, 2025
kernel-uek64k-modules-usb · ol 9 0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek ELSA-2025-20480 Jul 17, 2025
kernel-uek64k-modules-wireless · ol 10 0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek ELSA-2025-20480 Jul 17, 2025
kernel-uek64k-modules-wireless · ol 9 0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek ELSA-2025-20480 Jul 17, 2025
kernel-zfcpdump · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.38.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0499-1 Feb 13, 2025
kernel-zfcpdump · sles 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.38.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0499-1 Feb 13, 2025
linux · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 6.12.11-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2025-21670 Jan 31, 2025
linux · Debian 14 6.12.11-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2025-21670 Jan 31, 2025

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