CVE-2025-21937
Moderate
Bluetooth: Add check for mgmt_alloc_skb() in mgmt_remote_name()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: Add check for mgmt_alloc_skb() in mgmt_remote_name() Add check for the return value of mgmt_alloc_skb() in mgmt_remote_name() to prevent null pointer dereference.
Exploit probability
0.2%
Published
April 1, 2025
Required by
Not available
Last source change
August 12, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
720 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2025-21937
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: Add check for mgmt_alloc_skb() in mgmt_remote_name() Add check for the return value of mgmt_alloc_skb() in mgmt_remote_name() to prevent null pointer dereference.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/37785a01040cb5d11ed0ddbcbf78491fcd073161
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/69fb168b88e4d62cb31cdd725b67ccc5216cfcaf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88310caff68ae69d0574859f7926a59c1da2d60b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c5845c73cbacf5704169283ef29ca02031a36564
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f2176a07e7b19f73e05c805cf3d130a2999154cb
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/21xxx/CVE-2025-21937.json
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00045.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-21937