CVE-2025-38129

HIGH EPSS 5.7%
Published Jul 3, 202512mo ago · Modified Jun 19, 20261w ago
7.8 CVSS 3.1
High
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Published Jul 3, 2025 12mo ago
Last Modified Jun 19, 2026 1w ago

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: page_pool: Fix use-after-free in page_pool_recycle_in_ring syzbot reported a uaf in page_pool_recycle_in_ring: BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in lock_release+0x151/0xa30 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5862 Read of size 8 at addr ffff8880286045a0 by task syz.0.284/6943 CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 6943 Comm: syz.0.284 Not tainted 6.13.0-rc3-syzkaller-gdfa94ce54f41 #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 09/13/2024 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:378 [inline] print_report+0x169/0x550 mm/kasan/report.c:489 kasan_report+0x143/0x180 mm/kasan/report.c:602 lock_release+0x151/0xa30 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5862 __raw_spin_unlock_bh include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:165 [inline] _raw_spin_unlock_bh+0x1b/0x40 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:210 spin_unlock_bh include/linux/spinlock.h:396 [inline] ptr_ring_produce_bh include/linux/ptr_ring.h:164 [inline] page_pool_recycle_in_ring net/core/page_pool.c:707 [inline] page_pool_put_unrefed_netmem+0x748/0xb00 net/core/page_pool.c:826 page_pool_put_netmem include/net/page_pool/helpers.h:323 [inline] page_pool_put_full_netmem include/net/page_pool/helpers.h:353 [inline] napi_pp_put_page+0x149/0x2b0 net/core/skbuff.c:1036 skb_pp_recycle net/core/skbuff.c:1047 [inline] skb_free_head net/core/skbuff.c:1094 [inline] skb_release_data+0x6c4/0x8a0 net/core/skbuff.c:1125 skb_release_all net/core/skbuff.c:1190 [inline] __kfree_skb net/core/skbuff.c:1204 [inline] sk_skb_reason_drop+0x1c9/0x380 net/core/skbuff.c:1242 kfree_skb_reason include/linux/skbuff.h:1263 [inline] __skb_queue_purge_reason include/linux/skbuff.h:3343 [inline] root cause is: page_pool_recycle_in_ring ptr_ring_produce spin_lock(&r->producer_lock); WRITE_ONCE(r->queue[r->producer++], ptr) //recycle last page to pool page_pool_release page_pool_scrub page_pool_empty_ring ptr_ring_consume page_pool_return_page //release all page __page_pool_destroy free_percpu(pool->recycle_stats); free(pool) //free spin_unlock(&r->producer_lock); //pool->ring uaf read recycle_stat_inc(pool, ring); page_pool can be free while page pool recycle the last page in ring. Add producer-lock barrier to page_pool_release to prevent the page pool from being free before all pages have been recycled. recycle_stat_inc() is empty when CONFIG_PAGE_POOL_STATS is not enabled, which will trigger Wempty-body build warning. Add definition for pool stat macro to fix warning.

CVSS Details

Base Score
7.8
Exploitability
1.8
Impact
5.9
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity High
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
5.7% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-416 Use After Free Memory Safety

Affected Products 2

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel*≥4.18  –  <6.12.34
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.13  –  <6.15.3

References 7

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1a8c0b61d4cb55c5440583ec9e7f86a730369e32
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/271683bb2cf32e5126c592b5d5e6a756fa374fd9
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4914c0a166540e534a0c1d43affd329d95fb56fd
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4ab8c0f8905c9c4d05e7f437e65a9a365573ff02
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c2c906142293931e33ef4be79ebc36c25c4e21dd
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d69f28ef7cdafdcf37ee310f38b1399e7d05f9a8
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e869a85acc2e60dc554579b910826a4919d8cd98
    Patch

Remediation

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/271683bb2cf32e5126c592b5d5e6a756fa374fd9
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4ab8c0f8905c9c4d05e7f437e65a9a365573ff02
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e869a85acc2e60dc554579b910826a4919d8cd98
    Patch