CVE-2025-21848: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 4.16, before 6.1.130 (fixed in 6.1.130); from 6.2, before 6.6.80 (fixed in 6.6.80); from 6.7, before 6.12.17 (fixed in 6.12.17); from 6.13, before 6.13.5 (fixed in 6.13.5); version 6.14 only

Published 2025-03-12. Last modified 2026-06-17.