CVE - CVE-2025-21787

CVE-ID
CVE-2025-21787	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: team: better TEAM_OPTION_TYPE_STRING validation syzbot reported following splat [1] Make sure user-provided data contains one nul byte. [1] BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in string_nocheck lib/vsprintf.c:633 [inline] BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in string+0x3ec/0x5f0 lib/vsprintf.c:714 string_nocheck lib/vsprintf.c:633 [inline] string+0x3ec/0x5f0 lib/vsprintf.c:714 vsnprintf+0xa5d/0x1960 lib/vsprintf.c:2843 __request_module+0x252/0x9f0 kernel/module/kmod.c:149 team_mode_get drivers/net/team/team_core.c:480 [inline] team_change_mode drivers/net/team/team_core.c:607 [inline] team_mode_option_set+0x437/0x970 drivers/net/team/team_core.c:1401 team_option_set drivers/net/team/team_core.c:375 [inline] team_nl_options_set_doit+0x1339/0x1f90 drivers/net/team/team_core.c:2662 genl_family_rcv_msg_doit net/netlink/genetlink.c:1115 [inline] genl_family_rcv_msg net/netlink/genetlink.c:1195 [inline] genl_rcv_msg+0x1214/0x12c0 net/netlink/genetlink.c:1210 netlink_rcv_skb+0x375/0x650 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2543 genl_rcv+0x40/0x60 net/netlink/genetlink.c:1219 netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1322 [inline] netlink_unicast+0xf52/0x1260 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1348 netlink_sendmsg+0x10da/0x11e0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1892 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:718 [inline] __sock_sendmsg+0x30f/0x380 net/socket.c:733 ____sys_sendmsg+0x877/0xb60 net/socket.c:2573 ___sys_sendmsg+0x28d/0x3c0 net/socket.c:2627 __sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2659 [inline] __do_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2664 [inline] __se_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2662 [inline] __x64_sys_sendmsg+0x212/0x3c0 net/socket.c:2662 x64_sys_call+0x2ed6/0x3c30 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:47 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xcd/0x1e0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
References
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MISC:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4236bf4716589558cc0f3c3612642b2c2141b04e URL:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4236bf4716589558cc0f3c3612642b2c2141b04e MISC:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4512482e4805dd30bc77dec511f2a2edba5cb868 URL:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4512482e4805dd30bc77dec511f2a2edba5cb868 MISC:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5bef3ac184b5626ea62385d6b82a1992b89d7940 URL:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5bef3ac184b5626ea62385d6b82a1992b89d7940 MISC:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8401cade1918281177974b32c925afdce750d292 URL:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8401cade1918281177974b32c925afdce750d292 MISC:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d071a91fa614ecdf760c29f61f6a7bfb7df796d6 URL:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d071a91fa614ecdf760c29f61f6a7bfb7df796d6
Assigning CNA
kernel.org
Date Record Created
20241229	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
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Assigned (20241229)
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