### [CVE-2025-21636](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-21636) ![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Product&message=Linux&color=blue) ![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Version&message=&color=brightgreen) ![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Version&message=5.14%20&color=brightgreen) ![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Version&message=d1e462a7a5f359cbb9a0e8fbfafcfb6657034105%20&color=brightgreen) ![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Vulnerability&message=n%2Fa&color=blue) ### Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:sctp: sysctl: plpmtud_probe_interval: avoid using current->nsproxyAs mentioned in a previous commit of this series, using the 'net'structure via 'current' is not recommended for different reasons:- Inconsistency: getting info from the reader's/writer's netns vs only from the opener's netns.- current->nsproxy can be NULL in some cases, resulting in an 'Oops' (null-ptr-deref), e.g. when the current task is exiting, as spotted by syzbot [1] using acct(2).The 'net' structure can be obtained from the table->data usingcontainer_of().Note that table->data could also be used directly, as this is the onlymember needed from the 'net' structure, but that would increase the sizeof this fix, to use '*data' everywhere 'net->sctp.probe_interval' isused. ### POC #### Reference No PoCs from references. #### Github - https://github.com/fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds - https://github.com/oogasawa/Utility-security - https://github.com/w4zu/Debian_security