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Moderate severity Unreviewed Published Feb 27, 2025 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Mar 13, 2025

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

team: better TEAM_OPTION_TYPE_STRING validation

syzbot reported following splat [1]

Make sure user-provided data contains one nul byte.

[1]
BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in string_nocheck lib/vsprintf.c:633 [inline]
BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in string+0x3ec/0x5f0 lib/vsprintf.c:714
string_nocheck lib/vsprintf.c:633 [inline]
string+0x3ec/0x5f0 lib/vsprintf.c:714
vsnprintf+0xa5d/0x1960 lib/vsprintf.c:2843
__request_module+0x252/0x9f0 kernel/module/kmod.c:149
team_mode_get drivers/net/team/team_core.c:480 [inline]
team_change_mode drivers/net/team/team_core.c:607 [inline]
team_mode_option_set+0x437/0x970 drivers/net/team/team_core.c:1401
team_option_set drivers/net/team/team_core.c:375 [inline]
team_nl_options_set_doit+0x1339/0x1f90 drivers/net/team/team_core.c:2662
genl_family_rcv_msg_doit net/netlink/genetlink.c:1115 [inline]
genl_family_rcv_msg net/netlink/genetlink.c:1195 [inline]
genl_rcv_msg+0x1214/0x12c0 net/netlink/genetlink.c:1210
netlink_rcv_skb+0x375/0x650 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2543
genl_rcv+0x40/0x60 net/netlink/genetlink.c:1219
netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1322 [inline]
netlink_unicast+0xf52/0x1260 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1348
netlink_sendmsg+0x10da/0x11e0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1892
sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:718 [inline]
__sock_sendmsg+0x30f/0x380 net/socket.c:733
____sys_sendmsg+0x877/0xb60 net/socket.c:2573
___sys_sendmsg+0x28d/0x3c0 net/socket.c:2627
__sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2659 [inline]
__do_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2664 [inline]
__se_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2662 [inline]
__x64_sys_sendmsg+0x212/0x3c0 net/socket.c:2662
x64_sys_call+0x2ed6/0x3c30 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:47
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0xcd/0x1e0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Feb 27, 2025
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Feb 27, 2025
Last updated Mar 13, 2025

Severity

Moderate

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(12th percentile)

Weaknesses

Use of Uninitialized Resource

The product uses or accesses a resource that has not been initialized. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2025-21787

GHSA ID

GHSA-mh6r-68r2-78qw

Source code

No known source code

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