CVE-2025-21975

CVE-2025-21975: vulnerability in Linux

net/mlx5: handle errors in mlx5_chains_create_table()

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3Vexday Risk Score

No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.

ssvc Trackepss 0.2%
exploitation probability
0.2%top 92% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
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
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References
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/093b4aaec97ec048623e3fe1e516fc45a954d412https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1598307c914ba3d2642a2b03d1ff11efbdb7c6c2https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/15bdd93728369b2c8942a8e5d549d4b5dc04a2d9https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1d34296409a519b4027750e3e82d9e19553a7398https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/29c419c64e9b396baeda1d8713d2aa3ba7c0acf6https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/637105ef0d46fe5beac15aceb431da3ec832bb00https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eab0396353be1c778eba1c0b5180176f04dd21cehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00030.htmlhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00045.html