CVE-2025-38227
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
04/07/2025
Last modified:
04/07/2025
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:<br />
<br />
media: vidtv: Terminating the subsequent process of initialization failure<br />
<br />
syzbot reported a slab-use-after-free Read in vidtv_mux_init. [1]<br />
<br />
After PSI initialization fails, the si member is accessed again, resulting<br />
in this uaf.<br />
<br />
After si initialization fails, the subsequent process needs to be exited.<br />
<br />
[1]<br />
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in vidtv_mux_pid_ctx_init drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_mux.c:78 [inline]<br />
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in vidtv_mux_init+0xac2/0xbe0 drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_mux.c:524<br />
Read of size 8 at addr ffff88802fa42acc by task syz.2.37/6059<br />
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CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 6059 Comm: syz.2.37 Not tainted 6.14.0-rc5-syzkaller #0<br />
Hardware name: Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 02/12/2025<br />
Call Trace:<br />
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__dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:94 [inline]<br />
dump_stack_lvl+0x116/0x1f0 lib/dump_stack.c:120<br />
print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:408 [inline]<br />
print_report+0xc3/0x670 mm/kasan/report.c:521<br />
kasan_report+0xd9/0x110 mm/kasan/report.c:634<br />
vidtv_mux_pid_ctx_init drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_mux.c:78<br />
vidtv_mux_init+0xac2/0xbe0 drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_mux.c:524<br />
vidtv_start_streaming drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_bridge.c:194<br />
vidtv_start_feed drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_bridge.c:239<br />
dmx_section_feed_start_filtering drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_demux.c:973<br />
dvb_dmxdev_feed_start drivers/media/dvb-core/dmxdev.c:508 [inline]<br />
dvb_dmxdev_feed_restart.isra.0 drivers/media/dvb-core/dmxdev.c:537<br />
dvb_dmxdev_filter_stop+0x2b4/0x3a0 drivers/media/dvb-core/dmxdev.c:564<br />
dvb_dmxdev_filter_free drivers/media/dvb-core/dmxdev.c:840 [inline]<br />
dvb_demux_release+0x92/0x550 drivers/media/dvb-core/dmxdev.c:1246<br />
__fput+0x3ff/0xb70 fs/file_table.c:464<br />
task_work_run+0x14e/0x250 kernel/task_work.c:227<br />
exit_task_work include/linux/task_work.h:40 [inline]<br />
do_exit+0xad8/0x2d70 kernel/exit.c:938<br />
do_group_exit+0xd3/0x2a0 kernel/exit.c:1087<br />
__do_sys_exit_group kernel/exit.c:1098 [inline]<br />
__se_sys_exit_group kernel/exit.c:1096 [inline]<br />
__x64_sys_exit_group+0x3e/0x50 kernel/exit.c:1096<br />
x64_sys_call+0x151f/0x1720 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:232<br />
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline]<br />
do_syscall_64+0xcd/0x250 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83<br />
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f<br />
RIP: 0033:0x7f871d58d169<br />
Code: Unable to access opcode bytes at 0x7f871d58d13f.<br />
RSP: 002b:00007fff4b19a788 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000e7<br />
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 00007f871d58d169<br />
RDX: 0000000000000064 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000<br />
RBP: 00007fff4b19a7ec R08: 0000000b4b19a87f R09: 00000000000927c0<br />
R10: 0000000000000001 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000003<br />
R13: 00000000000927c0 R14: 000000000001d553 R15: 00007fff4b19a840<br />
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Allocated by task 6059:<br />
kasan_save_stack+0x33/0x60 mm/kasan/common.c:47<br />
kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30 mm/kasan/common.c:68<br />
poison_kmalloc_redzone mm/kasan/common.c:377 [inline]<br />
__kasan_kmalloc+0xaa/0xb0 mm/kasan/common.c:394<br />
kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:901 [inline]<br />
kzalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:1037 [inline]<br />
vidtv_psi_pat_table_init drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_psi.c:970<br />
vidtv_channel_si_init drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_channel.c:423<br />
vidtv_mux_init drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_mux.c:519<br />
vidtv_start_streaming drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_bridge.c:194<br />
vidtv_start_feed drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_bridge.c:239<br />
dmx_section_feed_start_filtering drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_demux.c:973<br />
dvb_dmxdev_feed_start drivers/media/dvb-core/dmxdev.c:508 [inline]<br />
dvb_dmxdev_feed_restart.isra.0 drivers/media/dvb-core/dmxdev.c:537<br />
dvb_dmxdev_filter_stop+0x2b4/0x3a0 drivers/media/dvb-core/dmxdev.c:564<br />
dvb_dmxdev_filter_free drivers/media/dvb-core/dmxdev.c:840 [inline]<br />
dvb_demux_release+0x92/0x550 drivers/media/dvb-core/dmxdev.c:1246<br />
__fput+0x3ff/0xb70 fs/file_tabl<br />
---truncated---
Impact
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1d5f88f053480326873115092bc116b7d14916ba
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/685c18bc5a36f823ee725e85aac1303ef5f535ba
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/72541cae73d0809a6416bfcd2ee6473046a0013a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7e62be1f3b241bc9faee547864bb39332955509b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9824e1732a163e005aa84e12ec439493ebd4f097
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e1d72ff111eceea6b28dccb7ca4e8f4900b11729
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f8c2483be6e8bb6c2148315b4a924c65bb442b5e