{"cve":"CVE-2025-21848","nvd":{"published":"2025-03-12T10:15:17.230","modified":"2026-06-17T08:44:26.103","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnfp: bpf: Add check for nfp_app_ctrl_msg_alloc()\n\nAdd check for the return value of nfp_app_ctrl_msg_alloc() in\nnfp_bpf_cmsg_alloc() to prevent null pointer dereference.","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/1358d8e07afdf21d49ca6f00c56048442977e00a","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/29ccb1e4040da6ff02b7e64efaa2f8e6bf06020d","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/878e7b11736e062514e58f3b445ff343e6705537","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/897c32cd763fd11d0b6ed024c52f44d2475bb820","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/924b239f9704566e0d86abd894d2d64bd73c11eb"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:00:17.429720821+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-21848","score":0.00254,"percentile":0.16997,"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."]}