CVE-2025-21775: Linux kernel · can: ctucanfd: handle skb allocation failure
Source GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.5 Medium.
Data as of 30 Oct 2026, 01:13 UTC
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 27 Feb 2025
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 29 Oct 2026.
What to do
AI-suggested
A fix for this vulnerability has been applied in the Linux kernel source. Users should update to the fixed kernel version once available. No other mitigations are specified.
Description
A vulnerability in the Linux kernel's ctucanfd driver was fixed by adding a missing NULL check for skb allocation failure. Without this check, a NULL pointer dereference could occur, potentially causing a denial of service. The issue was identified by static analysis and has been resolved.
References
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-21775 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/84b9ac59978a6a4e0812d1c938fad97306272cef (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/9bd24927e3eeb85642c7baa3b28be8bea6c2a078 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/b0e592dd46a0a952b41c3bf6c963afdd6a42b526 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/e505b83b9ee6aa0ae2f4395f573a66579ae403fb (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/e7e2e2318b1f085044126ba553a4e619842fc36d (opens in a new tab)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00028.html (opens in a new tab)