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{"cveTags": [], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nsctp: sysctl: auth_enable: avoid using current->nsproxy\n\nAs mentioned in a previous commit of this series, using the 'net'\nstructure via 'current' is not recommended for different reasons:\n\n- Inconsistency: getting info from the reader's/writer's netns vs only\n from the opener's netns.\n\n- current->nsproxy can be NULL in some cases, resulting in an 'Oops'\n (null-ptr-deref), e.g. when the current task is exiting, as spotted by\n syzbot [1] using acct(2).\n\nThe 'net' structure can be obtained from the table->data using\ncontainer_of().\n\nNote that table->data could also be used directly, but that would\nincrease the size of this fix, while 'sctp.ctl_sock' still needs to be\nretrieved from 'net' structure."}, {"lang": "es", "value": "En el kernel de Linux, se ha resuelto la siguiente vulnerabilidad: sctp: sysctl: auth_enable: evitar usar current->nsproxy Como se mencion\u00f3 en un commit anterior de esta serie, no se recomienda usar la estructura 'net' a trav\u00e9s de 'current' por diferentes razones: - Inconsistencia: obtener informaci\u00f3n de los netns del lector/escritor vs solo de los netns del abridor. - current->nsproxy puede ser NULL en algunos casos, lo que resulta en un 'Oops' (null-ptr-deref), p. ej. cuando la tarea actual est\u00e1 saliendo, como lo detect\u00f3 syzbot [1] usando acct(2). La estructura 'net' se puede obtener de table->data usando Container_of(). Tenga en cuenta que table->data tambi\u00e9n se puede usar directamente, pero eso aumentar\u00eda el tama\u00f1o de esta correcci\u00f3n, mientras que 'sctp.ctl_sock' a\u00fan necesita ser recuperado de la estructura 'net'."}], "id": "CVE-2025-21638", "lastModified": "2025-02-02T11:15:14.867", "metrics": {}, "published": "2025-01-19T11:15:09.317", "references": [{"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/10c869a52f266e40f548cc3c565d14930a5edafc"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/15649fd5415eda664ef35780c2013adeb5d9c695"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b67030d39f2b00f94ac1f0af11ba6657589e4d3"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ec30c54f339c640aa7e49d7e9f7bbed6bd42bf6"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bd2a2939423566c654545fa3e96a656662a0af9e"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c184bc621e3cef03ac9ba81a50dda2dae6a21d36"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dc583e7e5f8515ca489c0df28e4362a70eade382"}], "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "vulnStatus": "Awaiting Analysis"}

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