CVE-2025-22085

Published Apr 16, 2025

Last updated a year ago

Overview

Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/core: Fix use-after-free when rename device name Syzbot reported a slab-use-after-free with the following call trace: ================================================================== BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in nla_put+0xd3/0x150 lib/nlattr.c:1099 Read of size 5 at addr ffff888140ea1c60 by task syz.0.988/10025 CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 10025 Comm: syz.0.988 Not tainted 6.14.0-rc4-syzkaller-00859-gf77f12010f67 #0 Hardware name: Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 02/12/2025 Call Trace: <TASK> __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:94 [inline] dump_stack_lvl+0x241/0x360 lib/dump_stack.c:120 print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:408 [inline] print_report+0x16e/0x5b0 mm/kasan/report.c:521 kasan_report+0x143/0x180 mm/kasan/report.c:634 kasan_check_range+0x282/0x290 mm/kasan/generic.c:189 __asan_memcpy+0x29/0x70 mm/kasan/shadow.c:105 nla_put+0xd3/0x150 lib/nlattr.c:1099 nla_put_string include/net/netlink.h:1621 [inline] fill_nldev_handle+0x16e/0x200 drivers/infiniband/core/nldev.c:265 rdma_nl_notify_event+0x561/0xef0 drivers/infiniband/core/nldev.c:2857 ib_device_notify_register+0x22/0x230 drivers/infiniband/core/device.c:1344 ib_register_device+0x1292/0x1460 drivers/infiniband/core/device.c:1460 rxe_register_device+0x233/0x350 drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_verbs.c:1540 rxe_net_add+0x74/0xf0 drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_net.c:550 rxe_newlink+0xde/0x1a0 drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe.c:212 nldev_newlink+0x5ea/0x680 drivers/infiniband/core/nldev.c:1795 rdma_nl_rcv_skb drivers/infiniband/core/netlink.c:239 [inline] rdma_nl_rcv+0x6dd/0x9e0 drivers/infiniband/core/netlink.c:259 netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1313 [inline] netlink_unicast+0x7f6/0x990 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1339 netlink_sendmsg+0x8de/0xcb0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1883 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:709 [inline] __sock_sendmsg+0x221/0x270 net/socket.c:724 ____sys_sendmsg+0x53a/0x860 net/socket.c:2564 ___sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2618 [inline] __sys_sendmsg+0x269/0x350 net/socket.c:2650 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xf3/0x230 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f RIP: 0033:0x7f42d1b8d169 Code: ff ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 40 00 48 89 f8 48 ... RSP: 002b:00007f42d2960038 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002e RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f42d1da6320 RCX: 00007f42d1b8d169 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 00004000000002c0 RDI: 000000000000000c RBP: 00007f42d1c0e2a0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000 R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 00007f42d1da6320 R15: 00007ffe399344a8 </TASK> Allocated by task 10025: kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:47 [inline] kasan_save_track+0x3f/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:68 poison_kmalloc_redzone mm/kasan/common.c:377 [inline] __kasan_kmalloc+0x98/0xb0 mm/kasan/common.c:394 kasan_kmalloc include/linux/kasan.h:260 [inline] __do_kmalloc_node mm/slub.c:4294 [inline] __kmalloc_node_track_caller_noprof+0x28b/0x4c0 mm/slub.c:4313 __kmemdup_nul mm/util.c:61 [inline] kstrdup+0x42/0x100 mm/util.c:81 kobject_set_name_vargs+0x61/0x120 lib/kobject.c:274 dev_set_name+0xd5/0x120 drivers/base/core.c:3468 assign_name drivers/infiniband/core/device.c:1202 [inline] ib_register_device+0x178/0x1460 drivers/infiniband/core/device.c:1384 rxe_register_device+0x233/0x350 drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_verbs.c:1540 rxe_net_add+0x74/0xf0 drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_net.c:550 rxe_newlink+0xde/0x1a0 drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe.c:212 nldev_newlink+0x5ea/0x680 drivers/infiniband/core/nldev.c:1795 rdma_nl_rcv_skb drivers/infiniband/core/netlink.c:239 [inline] rdma_nl_rcv+0x6dd/0x9e0 drivers/infiniband/core/netlink.c:259 netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1313 [inline] netlink_unicast+0x7f6/0x990 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1339 netlink_sendmsg+0x8de/0xcb0 net ---truncated---
Source
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
NVD status
Analyzed
Products
linux_kernel

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type
Secondary
Base score
7.8
Impact score
5.9
Exploitability score
1.8
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity
HIGH

Weaknesses

134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
CWE-416

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Configurations

  1. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cgroup: Avoid iteration of dying tasks with zero refcount The commit 260fbcb92bbea ("cgroup: Move dying_tasks cleanup from cgroup_task_release() to cgroup_task_free()") extended the lifetime of tasks on the dying_tasks list. The iterators have provision to go through dying_tasks because of dying threadgroup leaders or explicit CSS_TASK_ITER_WITH_DEAD, however, it was expected that such tasks can obtain a new reference (that is possible before cgroup_task_release()/put_task_struct_rcu_user()). The tasks after cgroup_task_release() and before cgroup_task_free() are subject to race when they may or may not have ->usage count > 0. The race window is between css_task_iter_next() invocations when css_set_lock is released and we may arrive at a new ->task_pos. The iterator should not attempt to resurrect tasks whose ->usage count dropped to zero. (When that happens, __put_task_struct_rcu_cb() is already imminent and the returned task_struct would could be used after free.) As for the fix, we cannot simply check the signal->live count of a task on the dying list because that won't distinguish regular zombies waiting to be reaped from RCU remnant tasks that are going to be free'd. Therefore add an extra check to rule out ->usage==0 tasks from any iteration. The repeat: loop in css_task_iter_advance() doesn't consider ->usage count, so add a new loop to css_task_iter_next() to skip de-used tasks on the dying_list. Rough illustration of the possible race R (reader of cgroup.procs) T (thread) L (group leader) --------------------------------- -------------------------------- -------------------------------- L exits, signal->live > 0 cgroup_task_dead(L) css_set_skip_task_iters() // skips only cset->tasks list_add_tail(&L->cg_list, &cset->dying_tasks) css_task_iter_next() take css_set_lock css_task_iter_advance() leader && signal->live != 0 => it->task_pos = &L->cg_list release css_set_lock T exits --signal->live == 0 cgroup_task_dead(T) // css_set_lock release_task(T) cgroup_task_release(T) release_task(L) // zap_leader cgroup_task_release(L) put_task_struct_rcu_user(L) ...RCU... put_task_struct(L) L->usage = 0 /* L still on dying_tasks */ ...RCU... __put_task_struct(L) css_task_iter_next() // another iteration take css_set_lock it->task_pos = &L->cg_list get_task_struct(L) => addition on 0 drop css_set_lock cgroup_task_free(L) css_set_skip_task_iters() // dying skip comes too late free_task(L) cgroup_procs_show() task_pid_vnr(L)•CVE-2026-98163