nvd-json-data-feeds/CVE-2025/CVE-2025-218xx/CVE-2025-21857.json

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  "id": "CVE-2025-21857",
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  "published": "2025-03-12T10:15:18.583",
  "lastModified": "2025-03-13T21:15:46.950",
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      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet/sched: cls_api: fix error handling causing NULL dereference\n\ntcf_exts_miss_cookie_base_alloc() calls xa_alloc_cyclic() which can\nreturn 1 if the allocation succeeded after wrapping. This was treated as\nan error, with value 1 returned to caller tcf_exts_init_ex() which sets\nexts->actions to NULL and returns 1 to caller fl_change().\n\nfl_change() treats err == 1 as success, calling tcf_exts_validate_ex()\nwhich calls tcf_action_init() with exts->actions as argument, where it\nis dereferenced.\n\nExample trace:\n\nBUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000\nCPU: 114 PID: 16151 Comm: handler114 Kdump: loaded Not tainted 5.14.0-503.16.1.el9_5.x86_64 #1\nRIP: 0010:tcf_action_init+0x1f8/0x2c0\nCall Trace:\n tcf_action_init+0x1f8/0x2c0\n tcf_exts_validate_ex+0x175/0x190\n fl_change+0x537/0x1120 [cls_flower]"
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      "value": "En el kernel de Linux, se ha resuelto la siguiente vulnerabilidad: net/sched: cls_api: se corrige el error de gesti\u00f3n que causa la desreferencia de NULL. tcf_exts_miss_cookie_base_alloc() llama a xa_alloc_cyclic(), que puede devolver 1 si la asignaci\u00f3n se realiz\u00f3 correctamente tras el encapsulado. Esto se trat\u00f3 como un error, con el valor 1 devuelto al llamador tcf_exts_init_ex(), que establece exts->actions en NULL y devuelve 1 al llamador fl_change(). fl_change() trata err == 1 como correcto, llamando a tcf_exts_validate_ex(), que llama a tcf_action_init() con exts->actions como argumento, donde se desreferencia. Ejemplo de seguimiento: ERROR: desreferencia de puntero NULL del n\u00facleo, direcci\u00f3n: 0000000000000000 CPU: 114 PID: 16151 Comm: handler114 Kdump: cargado No contaminado 5.14.0-503.16.1.el9_5.x86_64 #1 RIP: 0010:tcf_action_init+0x1f8/0x2c0 Seguimiento de llamadas: tcf_action_init+0x1f8/0x2c0 tcf_exts_validate_ex+0x175/0x190 fl_change+0x537/0x1120 [cls_flower]"
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