CVE-2025-22063
CVSS 3.1 Score 5.5 of 10 (medium)
Details
Published Apr 16, 2025
Updated: Apr 29, 2025
CWE ID 476
Summary
CVE-2025-22063 is a vulnerability in the Linux kernel where a NULL pointer exception occurs when using CALIPSO on IPv4 sockets. The issue arises when the netlbl_conn_setattr() function is called with an IPv6 address for an IPv4 socket. In the calipso_sock_setattr() function, a null pointer dereference happens as pinet6, which should contain the IPv6 information, is null for IPv4 sockets. This patch resolves the issue by checking for a NULL pointer return from inet6_sk(sk) before accessing pinet6.
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