CVE-2025-21980
sched: address a potential NULL pointer dereference in the GRED scheduler.
MEDIUM 5.5
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.19 % · percentile 9 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- Linux
- NVD status
- Modified
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sched: address a potential NULL pointer dereference in the GRED scheduler. If kzalloc in gred_init returns a NULL pointer, the code follows the error handling path, invoking gred_destroy. This, in turn, calls gred_offload, where memset could receive a NULL pointer as input, potentially leading to a kernel crash. When table->opt is NULL in gred_init(), gred_change_table_def() is not called yet, so it is not necessary to call ->ndo_setup_tc() in gred_offload().
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d02c9acd68950a444acda18d514e2b41f846cb7f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0f0a152957d64ce45b4c27c687e7d087e8f45079
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/68896dd50180b38ea552e49a6a00b685321e5769
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f996b4f80c2cef1f9c77275055e7fcba44c9199
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/115ef44a98220fddfab37a39a19370497cd718b9
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00045.html
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | CISA-ADP |
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | NVD · 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (Secondary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2025-9340
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2025-21980
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0969 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0892 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0859 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0843 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0828 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0589 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0559 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0529 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0509 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0482 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0465 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0463 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Debian LTS · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0449 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0333 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Debian · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 5.16 < 6.1.132cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 6.2 < 6.6.84cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 6.7 < 6.12.20cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 6.13 < 6.13.8cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Linux · Linux | affected f25c0515c521375154c62c72447869f40218c861 < d02c9acd68950a444acda18d514e2b41f846cb7f ; affected f25c0515c521375154c62c72447869f40218c861 < 0f0a152957d64ce45b4c27c687e7d087e8f45079 ; affected f25c0515c521375154c62c72447869f40218c861 < 68896dd50180b38ea552e49a6a00b685321e5769 ; affected f25c0515c521375154c62c72447869f40218c861 < 5f996b4f80c2cef1f9c77275055e7fcba44c9199 ; affected f25c0515c521375154c62c72447869f40218c861 < 115ef44a98220fddfab37a39a19370497cd718b9 |
| Linux · Linux | affected 5.16 ; unaffected 0 < 5.16 ; unaffected 6.1.132 ≤ 6.1.* ; unaffected 6.6.84 ≤ 6.6.* ; unaffected 6.12.20 ≤ 6.12.* ; unaffected 6.13.8 ≤ 6.13.* |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |