# CVE-2025-21775: can: ctucanfd: handle skb allocation failure

- Severity: CVSS 5.5 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-02-27 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 5.19

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: can: ctucanfd: handle skb allocation failure If skb allocation fails, the pointer to struct can_frame is NULL. This is actually handled everywhere inside ctucan_err_interrupt() except for the only place. Add the missed NULL check. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE static analysis tool.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/84b9ac59978a6a4e0812d1c938fad97306272cef
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e505b83b9ee6aa0ae2f4395f573a66579ae403fb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b0e592dd46a0a952b41c3bf6c963afdd6a42b526
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e7e2e2318b1f085044126ba553a4e619842fc36d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9bd24927e3eeb85642c7baa3b28be8bea6c2a078

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