CVE-2025-21848
Moderate
nfp: bpf: Add check for nfp_app_ctrl_msg_alloc()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfp: bpf: Add check for nfp_app_ctrl_msg_alloc() Add check for the return value of nfp_app_ctrl_msg_alloc() in nfp_bpf_cmsg_alloc() to prevent null pointer dereference.
Exploit probability
0.2%
Published
March 12, 2025
Required by
Not available
Last source change
August 12, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2025-21848
View original source
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfp: bpf: Add check for nfp_app_ctrl_msg_alloc() Add check for the return value of nfp_app_ctrl_msg_alloc() in nfp_bpf_cmsg_alloc() to prevent null pointer dereference.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-082556.html
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- 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
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bd97f60750bb581f07051f98e31dfda59d3a783b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d64c6ca420019712e194fe095b55f87363e22a9a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e976ea6c5e1b005c64467cbf94a8577aae9c7d81
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/21xxx/CVE-2025-21848.json
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00030.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00045.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-21848