Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

team: better TEAM_OPTION_TYPE_STRING validation

syzbot reported following splat [1]

Make sure user-provided data contains one nul byte.

[1]
BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in string_nocheck lib/vsprintf.c:633 [inline]
BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in string+0x3ec/0x5f0 lib/vsprintf.c:714
string_nocheck lib/vsprintf.c:633 [inline]
string+0x3ec/0x5f0 lib/vsprintf.c:714
vsnprintf+0xa5d/0x1960 lib/vsprintf.c:2843
__request_module+0x252/0x9f0 kernel/module/kmod.c:149
team_mode_get drivers/net/team/team_core.c:480 [inline]
team_change_mode drivers/net/team/team_core.c:607 [inline]
team_mode_option_set+0x437/0x970 drivers/net/team/team_core.c:1401
team_option_set drivers/net/team/team_core.c:375 [inline]
team_nl_options_set_doit+0x1339/0x1f90 drivers/net/team/team_core.c:2662
genl_family_rcv_msg_doit net/netlink/genetlink.c:1115 [inline]
genl_family_rcv_msg net/netlink/genetlink.c:1195 [inline]
genl_rcv_msg+0x1214/0x12c0 net/netlink/genetlink.c:1210
netlink_rcv_skb+0x375/0x650 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2543
genl_rcv+0x40/0x60 net/netlink/genetlink.c:1219
netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1322 [inline]
netlink_unicast+0xf52/0x1260 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1348
netlink_sendmsg+0x10da/0x11e0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1892
sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:718 [inline]
__sock_sendmsg+0x30f/0x380 net/socket.c:733
____sys_sendmsg+0x877/0xb60 net/socket.c:2573
___sys_sendmsg...

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2025-21787

Affected Products

Vendor: Linux, Linux

Product: Linux, Linux

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.02% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 1.76% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-03-27 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-21787
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4512482e4805dd30bc77dec511f2a2edba5cb868
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d071a91fa614ecdf760c29f61f6a7bfb7df796d6
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4236bf4716589558cc0f3c3612642b2c2141b04e
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8401cade1918281177974b32c925afdce750d292
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5bef3ac184b5626ea62385d6b82a1992b89d7940

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