{"cve":"CVE-2025-21670","nvd":{"published":"2025-01-31T12:15:28.160","modified":"2026-06-17T08:43:58.803","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nvsock/bpf: return early if transport is not assigned\n\nSome of the core functions can only be called if the transport\nhas been assigned.\n\nAs Michal reported, a socket might have the transport at NULL,\nfor example after a failed connect(), causing the following trace:\n\n    BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 00000000000000a0\n    #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode\n    #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page\n    PGD 12faf8067 P4D 12faf8067 PUD 113670067 PMD 0\n    Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI\n    CPU: 15 UID: 0 PID: 1198 Comm: a.out Not tainted 6.13.0-rc2+\n    RIP: 0010:vsock_connectible_has_data+0x1f/0x40\n    Call Trace:\n     vsock_bpf_recvmsg+0xca/0x5e0\n     sock_recvmsg+0xb9/0xc0\n     __sys_recvfrom+0xb3/0x130\n     __x64_sys_recvfrom+0x20/0x30\n     do_syscall_64+0x93/0x180\n     entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e\n\nSo we need to check the `vsk->transport` in vsock_bpf_recvmsg(),\nespecially for connected sockets (stream/seqpacket) as we already\ndo in __vsock_connectible_recvmsg().","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-476"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/58e586c30d0b6f5dc0174a41026f2b0a48c9aab6","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6771e1279dadf1d92a72e1465134257d9e6f2459","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f6abafcd32f9cfc4b1a2f820ecea70773e26d423"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:58:41.599736885+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-21670","score":0.00225,"percentile":0.13261,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}