CVE-2025-38212
ipc: fix to protect IPCS lookups using RCU
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.8 High
- Published
- Jul 4, 2025
- Updated
- Oct 15, 2026
- Reserved
- Apr 16, 2025
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ipc: fix to protect IPCS lookups using RCU
syzbot reported that it discovered a use-after-free vulnerability, [0]
[0]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/67af13f8.050a0220.21dd3.0038.GAE@google.com/
idr_for_each() is protected by rwsem, but this is not enough. If it is not protected by RCU read-critical region, when idr_for_each() calls radix_tree_node_free() through call_rcu() to free the radix_tree_node structure, the node will be freed immediately, and when reading the next node in radix_tree_for_each_slot(), the already freed memory may be read.
Therefore, we need to add code to make sure that idr_for_each() is protected within the RCU read-critical region when we call it in shm_destroy_orphaned().
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.8 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | Linux |
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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LinuxLinux |
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LinuxLinux |
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References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f1e1573bf103303944fd7225559de5d8297539c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b968ba8bfd9f90914957bbbd815413bf6a98eca7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/74bc813d11c30e28fc5261dc877cca662ccfac68
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/78297d53d3878d43c1d627d20cd09f611fa4b91d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5180561afff8e0f029073c8c8117c95c6512d1f9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/68c173ea138b66d7dd1fd980c9bc578a18e11884
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b0b6bf90ce2699a574b3683e22c44d0dcdd7a057
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d66adabe91803ef34a8b90613c81267b5ded1472
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-082556.html
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