CVE-2025-38212
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-416
Use After Free
Publication date:
04/07/2025
Last modified:
18/12/2025
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:<br />
<br />
ipc: fix to protect IPCS lookups using RCU<br />
<br />
syzbot reported that it discovered a use-after-free vulnerability, [0]<br />
<br />
[0]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/67af13f8.050a0220.21dd3.0038.GAE@google.com/<br />
<br />
idr_for_each() is protected by rwsem, but this is not enough. If it is<br />
not protected by RCU read-critical region, when idr_for_each() calls<br />
radix_tree_node_free() through call_rcu() to free the radix_tree_node<br />
structure, the node will be freed immediately, and when reading the next<br />
node in radix_tree_for_each_slot(), the already freed memory may be read.<br />
<br />
Therefore, we need to add code to make sure that idr_for_each() is<br />
protected within the RCU read-critical region when we call it in<br />
shm_destroy_orphaned().
Impact
Base Score 3.x
7.80
Severity 3.x
HIGH
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 3.1 (including) | 5.4.295 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.5 (including) | 5.10.239 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.11 (including) | 5.15.186 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.16 (including) | 6.1.142 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.2 (including) | 6.6.95 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.7 (including) | 6.12.35 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.13 (including) | 6.15.4 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5180561afff8e0f029073c8c8117c95c6512d1f9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f1e1573bf103303944fd7225559de5d8297539c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/68c173ea138b66d7dd1fd980c9bc578a18e11884
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/74bc813d11c30e28fc5261dc877cca662ccfac68
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/78297d53d3878d43c1d627d20cd09f611fa4b91d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b0b6bf90ce2699a574b3683e22c44d0dcdd7a057
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b968ba8bfd9f90914957bbbd815413bf6a98eca7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d66adabe91803ef34a8b90613c81267b5ded1472
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html



