5.5

CVE-2025-21848: nfp: bpf: Add check for nfp_app_ctrl_msg_alloc()

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21848DEBIAN-CVE-2025-21848
Published 12-03-2025Last modified 15-10-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-21848 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 17% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5.5, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.25%
0%100%
Low · +0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 55 · Related 50
DLA-4178-1DLA-4193-1DSA-5900-1MGASA-2025-0111MGASA-2025-0112RHSA-2025:20518

Timeline

  1. 12-03-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 15-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.25%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

17%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Increase +0.01 pp

From 0.25% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu133 products
  • linux< 5.4.0-216.236 | < 5.15.0-140.150 | < 6.8.0-78.78
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws< 5.4.0-1146.156 | < 5.15.0-1084.91 | < 6.8.0-1035.37
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ ff3d43f7568c82b335d7df2d40a31447c3fce10c, < d64c6ca420019712e194fe095b55f87363e22a9a | ≥ ff3d43f7568c82b335d7df2d40a31447c3fce10c, < e976ea6c5e1b005c64467cbf94a8577aae9c7d81 | ≥ ff3d43f7568c82b335d7df2d40a31447c3fce10c, < 924b239f9704566e0d86abd894d2d64bd73c11eb | ≥ ff3d43f7568c82b335d7df2d40a31447c3fce10c, < 1358d8e07afdf21d49ca6f00c56048442977e00a | ≥ ff3d43f7568c82b335d7df2d40a31447c3fce10c, < 29ccb1e4040da6ff02b7e64efaa2f8e6bf06020d | ≥ ff3d43f7568c82b335d7df2d40a31447c3fce10c, < 897c32cd763fd11d0b6ed024c52f44d2475bb820 | ≥ ff3d43f7568c82b335d7df2d40a31447c3fce10c, < bd97f60750bb581f07051f98e31dfda59d3a783b | ≥ ff3d43f7568c82b335d7df2d40a31447c3fce10c, < 878e7b11736e062514e58f3b445ff343e6705537 | 4.16
  • linux_kernel≥ 4.16, < 6.1.130 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.80 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.12.17 | ≥ 6.13, < 6.13.5 | 6.14:rc1 | 6.14:rc2 | 6.14:rc3
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.133-1 | < 6.12.17-1

3 vendors · 136 products

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