CVE-2025-21937

CVSS 3.1 Score 5.5 of 10 (medium)

Details

Published Apr 1, 2025
Updated: Apr 10, 2025
CWE ID 476

Summary

CVE-2025-21937 is a vulnerability discovered in the Linux kernel's Bluetooth subsystem. This issue involved a null pointer dereference in the 'mgmt_remote_name()' function due to the lack of a check on the return value of 'mgmt_alloc_skb()'. If exploited, this vulnerability could lead to a denial of service or potentially more serious consequences. The Linux community has released a patch to address this issue by adding the necessary check for the return value of 'mgmt_alloc_skb()' in 'mgmt_remote_name()'.

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