CVE-2025-38464

HIGH EPSS 6.5%
Published Jul 25, 202511mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
7.8 CVSS 3.1
High
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Published Jul 25, 2025 11mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tipc: Fix use-after-free in tipc_conn_close(). syzbot reported a null-ptr-deref in tipc_conn_close() during netns dismantle. [0] tipc_topsrv_stop() iterates tipc_net(net)->topsrv->conn_idr and calls tipc_conn_close() for each tipc_conn. The problem is that tipc_conn_close() is called after releasing the IDR lock. At the same time, there might be tipc_conn_recv_work() running and it could call tipc_conn_close() for the same tipc_conn and release its last ->kref. Once we release the IDR lock in tipc_topsrv_stop(), there is no guarantee that the tipc_conn is alive. Let's hold the ref before releasing the lock and put the ref after tipc_conn_close() in tipc_topsrv_stop(). [0]: BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in tipc_conn_close+0x122/0x140 net/tipc/topsrv.c:165 Read of size 8 at addr ffff888099305a08 by task kworker/u4:3/435 CPU: 0 PID: 435 Comm: kworker/u4:3 Not tainted 4.19.204-syzkaller #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/01/2011 Workqueue: netns cleanup_net Call Trace: __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:77 [inline] dump_stack+0x1fc/0x2ef lib/dump_stack.c:118 print_address_description.cold+0x54/0x219 mm/kasan/report.c:256 kasan_report_error.cold+0x8a/0x1b9 mm/kasan/report.c:354 kasan_report mm/kasan/report.c:412 [inline] __asan_report_load8_noabort+0x88/0x90 mm/kasan/report.c:433 tipc_conn_close+0x122/0x140 net/tipc/topsrv.c:165 tipc_topsrv_stop net/tipc/topsrv.c:701 [inline] tipc_topsrv_exit_net+0x27b/0x5c0 net/tipc/topsrv.c:722 ops_exit_list+0xa5/0x150 net/core/net_namespace.c:153 cleanup_net+0x3b4/0x8b0 net/core/net_namespace.c:553 process_one_work+0x864/0x1570 kernel/workqueue.c:2153 worker_thread+0x64c/0x1130 kernel/workqueue.c:2296 kthread+0x33f/0x460 kernel/kthread.c:259 ret_from_fork+0x24/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:415 Allocated by task 23: kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0x12f/0x380 mm/slab.c:3625 kmalloc include/linux/slab.h:515 [inline] kzalloc include/linux/slab.h:709 [inline] tipc_conn_alloc+0x43/0x4f0 net/tipc/topsrv.c:192 tipc_topsrv_accept+0x1b5/0x280 net/tipc/topsrv.c:470 process_one_work+0x864/0x1570 kernel/workqueue.c:2153 worker_thread+0x64c/0x1130 kernel/workqueue.c:2296 kthread+0x33f/0x460 kernel/kthread.c:259 ret_from_fork+0x24/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:415 Freed by task 23: __cache_free mm/slab.c:3503 [inline] kfree+0xcc/0x210 mm/slab.c:3822 tipc_conn_kref_release net/tipc/topsrv.c:150 [inline] kref_put include/linux/kref.h:70 [inline] conn_put+0x2cd/0x3a0 net/tipc/topsrv.c:155 process_one_work+0x864/0x1570 kernel/workqueue.c:2153 worker_thread+0x64c/0x1130 kernel/workqueue.c:2296 kthread+0x33f/0x460 kernel/kthread.c:259 ret_from_fork+0x24/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:415 The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff888099305a00 which belongs to the cache kmalloc-512 of size 512 The buggy address is located 8 bytes inside of 512-byte region [ffff888099305a00, ffff888099305c00) The buggy address belongs to the page: page:ffffea000264c140 count:1 mapcount:0 mapping:ffff88813bff0940 index:0x0 flags: 0xfff00000000100(slab) raw: 00fff00000000100 ffffea00028b6b88 ffffea0002cd2b08 ffff88813bff0940 raw: 0000000000000000 ffff888099305000 0000000100000006 0000000000000000 page dumped because: kasan: bad access detected Memory state around the buggy address: ffff888099305900: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb ffff888099305980: fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc >ffff888099305a00: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb ^ ffff888099305a80: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb ffff888099305b00: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb

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
6.5% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-416 Use After Free Memory Safety

Affected Products 13

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel*≥3.11  –  <5.4.296
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.5  –  <5.10.240
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.11  –  <5.15.189
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.16  –  <6.1.146
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.2  –  <6.6.99
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.7  –  <6.12.39
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.13  –  <6.15.7
linuxlinux_kernel6.16any
linuxlinux_kernel6.16any
linuxlinux_kernel6.16any
linuxlinux_kernel6.16any
linuxlinux_kernel6.16any
debiandebian_linux11.0any

References 10

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/03dcdd2558e1e55bf843822fe4363dcb48743f2b
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/15a6f4971e2f157d57e09ea748d1fbc714277aa4
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1dbf7cd2454a28b1da700085b99346b5445aeabb
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3b89e17b2fd64012682bed158d9eb3d2e96dec42
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/50aa2d121bc2cfe2d825f8a331ea75dfaaab6a50
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/667eeab4999e981c96b447a4df5f20bdf5c26f13
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be4b8392da7978294f2f368799d29dd509fb6c4d
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dab8ded2e5ff41012a6ff400b44dbe76ccf3592a
    Patch
  • lists.debian.org https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html
    Third Party Advisory
  • lists.debian.org https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html
    Third Party Advisory

Remediation

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/03dcdd2558e1e55bf843822fe4363dcb48743f2b
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/15a6f4971e2f157d57e09ea748d1fbc714277aa4
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1dbf7cd2454a28b1da700085b99346b5445aeabb
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3b89e17b2fd64012682bed158d9eb3d2e96dec42
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/50aa2d121bc2cfe2d825f8a331ea75dfaaab6a50
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/667eeab4999e981c96b447a4df5f20bdf5c26f13
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be4b8392da7978294f2f368799d29dd509fb6c4d
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dab8ded2e5ff41012a6ff400b44dbe76ccf3592a
    Patch