CVE-2025-38251

kernel: atm: clip: prevent NULL deref in clip_push()

Loading…

Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.5

CVSS 3.1

Review impact separately from score.

Published · July 9, 2025

Updated · June 30, 2026

Description

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

atm: clip: prevent NULL deref in clip_push()

Blamed commit missed that vcc_destroy_socket() calls clip_push() with a NULL skb.

If clip_devs is NULL, clip_push() then crashes when reading skb->truesize.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference