---
id: CVE-2025-21787
title: |-
  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…
summary: |-
  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…
severity: medium
cvss: 5.5
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-908
vendor: linux
product: linux_kernel
affected:
  - 'linux_kernel >= 3.3, < 6.1.129'
  - 'linux_kernel >= 6.2, < 6.6.79'
  - 'linux_kernel >= 6.7, < 6.12.16'
  - 'linux_kernel >= 6.13, < 6.13.4'
  - linux_kernel = 6.14
patched:
  - linux_kernel 6.13.4
published: '2025-02-27'
updated: '2026-10-15'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-15T02:17:35.443'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-21787'
references:
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4236bf4716589558cc0f3c3612642b2c2141b04e'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4512482e4805dd30bc77dec511f2a2edba5cb868'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5bef3ac184b5626ea62385d6b82a1992b89d7940'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7c30483d0f6bdb2230e10e3e4be5167927eac7a0'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7f5af50f3aa0af8cbef9fb76fffeed69e8143f59'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8401cade1918281177974b32c925afdce750d292'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d071a91fa614ecdf760c29f61f6a7bfb7df796d6'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f443687ad20c70320d1248f35f57bf46cac8df0a'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00028.html'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
  - url: 'https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00030.html'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
  - url: 'https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html'
    label: 0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e
  - url: 'https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-784472.html'
    label: 0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00272
epssPercentile: 0.1947
ingestedAt: '2026-10-15T03:30:12.796Z'
---

## Overview

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+0x28d/0x3c0 net/socket.c:2627
  __sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2659 [inline]
  __do_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2664 [inline]
  __se_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2662 [inline]
  __x64_sys_sendmsg+0x212/0x3c0 net/socket.c:2662
  x64_sys_call+0x2ed6/0x3c30 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:47
  do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline]
  do_syscall_64+0xcd/0x1e0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

## Affected

- `linux_kernel >= 3.3, < 6.1.129`
- `linux_kernel >= 6.2, < 6.6.79`
- `linux_kernel >= 6.7, < 6.12.16`
- `linux_kernel >= 6.13, < 6.13.4`
- `linux_kernel = 6.14`

## Remediation

Upgrade past the affected range:

- `linux_kernel 6.13.4`