VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2025-21937
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: Add check for mgmt_alloc_skb() in mgmt_remote_name() Add check for the return value of mgmt_alloc_skb() in mgmt_remote_name() to prevent null pointer dereference.
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 0.20%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.20%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: Add check for mgmt_alloc_skb() in mgmt_remote_name() Add check for the return value of mgmt_alloc_skb() in mgmt_remote_name() to prevent null pointer dereference.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.20% probability · 10th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-476
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/37785a01040cb5d11ed0ddbcbf78491fcd073161Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/69fb168b88e4d62cb31cdd725b67ccc5216cfcafPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88310caff68ae69d0574859f7926a59c1da2d60bPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c5845c73cbacf5704169283ef29ca02031a36564Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f2176a07e7b19f73e05c805cf3d130a2999154cbPatch
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00045.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.