Vulnerabilities > CVE-2025-21937 - NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in Linux Kernel
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
LOW Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
HIGH Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: Add check for mgmt_alloc_skb() in mgmt_remote_name() Add check for the return value of mgmt_alloc_skb() in mgmt_remote_name() to prevent null pointer dereference.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/37785a01040cb5d11ed0ddbcbf78491fcd073161
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/69fb168b88e4d62cb31cdd725b67ccc5216cfcaf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88310caff68ae69d0574859f7926a59c1da2d60b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c5845c73cbacf5704169283ef29ca02031a36564
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f2176a07e7b19f73e05c805cf3d130a2999154cb