csirt@kutim:~/threat-intel/cve/CVE-2025-38554

Katalog CVE

CVSS 7.8 · High EPSS 0,17%

Kerentanan Use After Free pada linux kernel. Skor CVSS 3.1 7.8 (High) menurut NVD.

Deskripsi (NVD)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm: fix a UAF when vma->mm is freed after vma->vm_refcnt got dropped By inducing delays in the right places, Jann Horn created a reproducer for a hard to hit UAF issue that became possible after VMAs were allowed to be recycled by adding SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU to their cache. Race description is borrowed from Jann's discovery report: lock_vma_under_rcu() looks up a VMA locklessly with mas_walk() under rcu_read_lock(). At that point, the VMA may be concurrently freed, and it can be recycled by another process. vma_start_read() then increments the vma->vm_refcnt (if it is in an acceptable range), and if this succeeds, vma_start_read() can return a recycled VMA. In this scenario where the VMA has been recycled, lock_vma_under_rcu() will then detect the mismatching ->vm_mm pointer and drop the VMA through vma_end_read(), which calls vma_refcount_put(). vma_refcount_put() drops the refcount and then calls rcuwait_wake_up() using a copy of vma->vm_mm. This is wrong: It implicitly assumes that the caller is keeping the VMA's mm alive, but in this scenario the caller has no relation to the VMA's mm, so the rcuwait_wake_up() can cause UAF. The diagram depicting the race: T1 T2 T3 == == == lock_vma_under_rcu mas_walk <VMA gets removed from mm> mmap <the same VMA is reallocated> vma_start_read __refcount_inc_not_zero_limited_acquire munmap __vma_enter_locked refcount_add_not_zero vma_end_read vma_refcount_put __refcount_dec_and_test rcuwait_wait_event <finish operation> rcuwait_wake_up [UAF] Note that rcuwait_wait_event() in T3 does not block because refcount was already dropped by T1. At this point T3 can exit and free the mm causing UAF in T1. To avoid this we move vma->vm_mm verification into vma_start_read() and grab vma->vm_mm to stabilize it before vma_refcount_put() operation. [surenb@google.com: v3]

Rincian

Terbit di NVD
19 Agustus 2025
Terakhir diubah
30 Juli 2026
Status NVD
Modified
CVSS 3.1
7.8 (High), sumber NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H · uraikan di kalkulator
Jenis kelemahan (CWE)
CWE-416: Use After Free
EPSS (30 hari)
0,17% peluang dieksploitasi; lebih tinggi dari 5,5% CVE lain

Produk dan versi terdampak

VendorProdukVersi terdampak
linux linux kernel Versi 6.15 hingga sebelum 6.15.10
linux linux kernel Versi 6.16 hingga sebelum 6.16.1

> Data dari konfigurasi CPE di NVD.

Referensi dan perbaikan

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