CVE-2025-21937
Bluetooth: Add check for mgmt_alloc_skb() in mgmt_remote_name()
Summary
Bluetooth: Add check for mgmt_alloc_skb() in mgmt_remote_name()
Original description
The description as published by the source.
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.
Affected packages
Linux
Kernel
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.18.0"},{"fixed":"6.1.131"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.2.0"},{"fixed":"6.6.83"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.7.0"},{"fixed":"6.12.19"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.13.0"},{"fixed":"6.13.7"}]}]
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- BellSoft Alpaquita BELL-CVE-2025-21937 linux-lts Fixed in: 6.1.131-r0
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2025-21937 linux Fixed in: 6.1.133-1
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21937 linux-hwe-edge
References
- advisory github.com
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- package git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web lists.debian.org