Bug 2351633 (CVE-2025-21848) - CVE-2025-21848 kernel: nfp: bpf: Add check for nfp_app_ctrl_msg_alloc()
Summary: CVE-2025-21848 kernel: nfp: bpf: Add check for nfp_app_ctrl_msg_alloc()
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2025-21848
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2025-03-12 12:24 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2025-11-11 10:27 UTC (History)
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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2025:20518 0 None None None 2025-11-11 10:27:09 UTC

Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-03-12 12:24:34 UTC 
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.
Comment 1 Mauro Matteo Cascella 2025-03-12 14:52:08 UTC 
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025031212-CVE-2025-21848-30e8@gregkh/T
Comment 2 errata-xmlrpc 2025-11-11 10:27:08 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2025:20518 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:20518
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