CVE-2025-38400
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
25/07/2025
Last modified:
12/05/2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:<br />
<br />
nfs: Clean up /proc/net/rpc/nfs when nfs_fs_proc_net_init() fails.<br />
<br />
syzbot reported a warning below [1] following a fault injection in<br />
nfs_fs_proc_net_init(). [0]<br />
<br />
When nfs_fs_proc_net_init() fails, /proc/net/rpc/nfs is not removed.<br />
<br />
Later, rpc_proc_exit() tries to remove /proc/net/rpc, and the warning<br />
is logged as the directory is not empty.<br />
<br />
Let&#39;s handle the error of nfs_fs_proc_net_init() properly.<br />
<br />
[0]:<br />
FAULT_INJECTION: forcing a failure.<br />
name failslab, interval 1, probability 0, space 0, times 0<br />
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 6120 Comm: syz.2.27 Not tainted 6.16.0-rc1-syzkaller-00010-g2c4a1f3fe03e #0 PREEMPT(full)<br />
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 05/07/2025<br />
Call Trace:<br />
<br />
dump_stack_lvl (lib/dump_stack.c:123)<br />
should_fail_ex (lib/fault-inject.c:73 lib/fault-inject.c:174)<br />
should_failslab (mm/failslab.c:46)<br />
kmem_cache_alloc_noprof (mm/slub.c:4178 mm/slub.c:4204)<br />
__proc_create (fs/proc/generic.c:427)<br />
proc_create_reg (fs/proc/generic.c:554)<br />
proc_create_net_data (fs/proc/proc_net.c:120)<br />
nfs_fs_proc_net_init (fs/nfs/client.c:1409)<br />
nfs_net_init (fs/nfs/inode.c:2600)<br />
ops_init (net/core/net_namespace.c:138)<br />
setup_net (net/core/net_namespace.c:443)<br />
copy_net_ns (net/core/net_namespace.c:576)<br />
create_new_namespaces (kernel/nsproxy.c:110)<br />
unshare_nsproxy_namespaces (kernel/nsproxy.c:218 (discriminator 4))<br />
ksys_unshare (kernel/fork.c:3123)<br />
__x64_sys_unshare (kernel/fork.c:3190)<br />
do_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94)<br />
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:130)<br />
<br />
<br />
[1]:<br />
remove_proc_entry: removing non-empty directory &#39;net/rpc&#39;, leaking at least &#39;nfs&#39;<br />
WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 6120 at fs/proc/generic.c:727 remove_proc_entry+0x45e/0x530 fs/proc/generic.c:727<br />
Modules linked in:<br />
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 6120 Comm: syz.2.27 Not tainted 6.16.0-rc1-syzkaller-00010-g2c4a1f3fe03e #0 PREEMPT(full)<br />
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 05/07/2025<br />
RIP: 0010:remove_proc_entry+0x45e/0x530 fs/proc/generic.c:727<br />
Code: 3c 02 00 0f 85 85 00 00 00 48 8b 93 d8 00 00 00 4d 89 f0 4c 89 e9 48 c7 c6 40 ba a2 8b 48 c7 c7 60 b9 a2 8b e8 33 81 1d ff 90 0b 90 90 e9 5f fe ff ff e8 04 69 5e ff 90 48 b8 00 00 00 00 00<br />
RSP: 0018:ffffc90003637b08 EFLAGS: 00010282<br />
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff88805f534140 RCX: ffffffff817a92c8<br />
RDX: ffff88807da99e00 RSI: ffffffff817a92d5 RDI: 0000000000000001<br />
RBP: ffff888033431ac0 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000000<br />
R10: 0000000000000001 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: ffff888033431a00<br />
R13: ffff888033431ae4 R14: ffff888033184724 R15: dffffc0000000000<br />
FS: 0000555580328500(0000) GS:ffff888124a62000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000<br />
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033<br />
CR2: 00007f71733743e0 CR3: 000000007f618000 CR4: 00000000003526f0<br />
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000<br />
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400<br />
Call Trace:<br />
<br />
sunrpc_exit_net+0x46/0x90 net/sunrpc/sunrpc_syms.c:76<br />
ops_exit_list net/core/net_namespace.c:200 [inline]<br />
ops_undo_list+0x2eb/0xab0 net/core/net_namespace.c:253<br />
setup_net+0x2e1/0x510 net/core/net_namespace.c:457<br />
copy_net_ns+0x2a6/0x5f0 net/core/net_namespace.c:574<br />
create_new_namespaces+0x3ea/0xa90 kernel/nsproxy.c:110<br />
unshare_nsproxy_namespaces+0xc0/0x1f0 kernel/nsproxy.c:218<br />
ksys_unshare+0x45b/0xa40 kernel/fork.c:3121<br />
__do_sys_unshare kernel/fork.c:3192 [inline]<br />
__se_sys_unshare kernel/fork.c:3190 [inline]<br />
__x64_sys_unshare+0x31/0x40 kernel/fork.c:3190<br />
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]<br />
do_syscall_64+0xcd/0x490 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94<br />
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f<br />
RIP: 0033:0x7fa1a6b8e929<br />
Code: ff ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 40 00 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c<br />
---truncated---
Impact
Base Score 3.x
5.50
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.4.276 (including) | 5.4.296 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.10.217 (including) | 5.10.240 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.15.159 (including) | 5.15.187 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.1.91 (including) | 6.1.144 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.6.31 (including) | 6.6.97 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.8.10 (including) | 6.12.37 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.13 (including) | 6.15.6 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| 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/3c94212b57bedec3a386ef3da1ef00602f5c3d1d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/412534a1fb76958b88dca48360c6f3ad4f3390f4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6acf340f8c1d296bcf535986175f5d0d6f2aab09
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7701c245ff1ac1a126bf431e72b24547519046ff
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8785701fd7cd52ae74c0d2b35b82568df74e9dbb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b92397ce96743e4cc090207e2df2a856cb4cef08
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d0877c479f44fe475f4c8c02c88ce9ad43e90298
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8d6f3ab59468e230f3253efe5cb63efa35289f7
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-082556.html



