CVE-2025-21975: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5: handle errors in mlx5_chains_create_table() In mlx5_chains_create_table(), the return value of mlx5_get_fdb_sub_ns() and mlx5_get_flow_namespace() must be checked to prevent NULL pointer dereferences. If either function fails, the function should log error message with mlx5_core_warn() and return error pointer.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 5.6, before 5.10.236 (fixed in 5.10.236); from 5.11, before 5.15.180 (fixed in 5.15.180); from 5.16, before 6.1.132 (fixed in 6.1.132); from 6.2, before 6.6.84 (fixed in 6.6.84); from 6.7, before 6.12.20 (fixed in 6.12.20); from 6.13, before 6.13.8 (fixed in 6.13.8); …

Published 2025-04-01. Last modified 2026-06-17.