Astra Linux – Vulnerability found in Linux 5.10, Linux 6.1, Linux, Linux 5.15

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sctp: sysctl: cookiehmacalg: avoid using current-nsproxy As mentioned in a previous commit of this series, using the net structure via current is not recommended for various reasons: - Inconsistency: obtaining information from th...

Siemens SIMATIC Devices NULL Pointer Dereference (CVE-2025-21640)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sctp: sysctl: cookiehmacalg: avoid using current-nsproxy As mentioned in a previous commit of this series, using the 'net' structure via 'current' is not recommended for different reasons: - Inconsistency: getting info from the...

sctp: sysctl: cookie_hmac_alg: avoid using current->nsproxy

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DEBIAN-CVE-2025-21640

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sctp: sysctl: cookiehmacalg: avoid using current-nsproxy As mentioned in a previous commit of this series, using the 'net' structure via 'current' is not recommended for different reasons: - Inconsistency: getting info from the...

UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21640

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sctp: sysctl: cookiehmacalg: avoid using current-nsproxy As mentioned in a previous commit of this series, using the 'net' structure via 'current' is not recommended for different reasons: - Inconsistency: getting info from the...

CVE-2025-21640

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sctp: sysctl: cookiehmacalg: avoid using current-nsproxy As mentioned in a previous commit of this series, using the 'net' structure via 'current' is not recommended for different reasons: - Inconsistency: getting info from the...

CVE-2025-21640

Summary (CVE-2025-21640) : In the Linux kernel, the sctp: sysctl: cookie_hmac_alg path was fixed to avoid using current->nsproxy. The root cause involved dereferencing current->nsproxy (which can be NULL, e.g., when the task is exiting), leading to an OOPs condition. The patch replaces the ...