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An AX25 device can be bound to a socket\nby either calling ax25_bind() or setting SO_BINDTODEVICE socket option.\nIn both cases the refcounts should be incremented, but in fact it is done\nonly in ax25_bind().\n\nThis bug leads to the following issue reported by Syzkaller:\n\n================================================================\nrefcount_t: decrement hit 0; leaking memory.\nWARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 5932 at lib/refcount.c:31 refcount_warn_saturate+0x1ed/0x210 lib/refcount.c:31\nModules linked in:\nCPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 5932 Comm: syz-executor424 Not tainted 6.13.0-rc4-syzkaller-00110-g4099a71718b0 #0\nHardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2~bpo12+1 04/01/2014\nRIP: 0010:refcount_warn_saturate+0x1ed/0x210 lib/refcount.c:31\nCall Trace:\n <TASK>\n __refcount_dec include/linux/refcount.h:336 [inline]\n refcount_dec include/linux/refcount.h:351 [inline]\n ref_tracker_free+0x710/0x820 lib/ref_tracker.c:236\n netdev_tracker_free include/linux/netdevice.h:4156 [inline]\n netdev_put include/linux/netdevice.h:4173 [inline]\n netdev_put include/linux/netdevice.h:4169 [inline]\n ax25_release+0x33f/0xa10 net/ax25/af_ax25.c:1069\n __sock_release+0xb0/0x270 net/socket.c:640\n sock_close+0x1c/0x30 net/socket.c:1408\n ...\n do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline]\n do_syscall_64+0xcd/0x250 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f\n ...\n </TASK>\n================================================================\n\nFix the implementation of ax25_setsockopt() by adding increment of\nrefcounts for the new device bound, and decrement of refcounts for\nthe old unbound device."}, {"lang": "es", "value": "En el kernel de Linux, se ha resuelto la siguiente vulnerabilidad: ax25: Fix refcount leak caused by setting SO_BINDTODEVICE sockopt Si un dispositivo AX25 est\u00e1 enlazado a un socket configurando la opci\u00f3n de socket SO_BINDTODEVICE, se producir\u00e1 una p\u00e9rdida de refcount en ax25_release(). el commit 9fd75b66b8f6 (\"ax25: Fix refcount leaks caused by ax25_cb_del()\") a\u00f1adi\u00f3 una disminuci\u00f3n de los refcounts del dispositivo en ax25_release(). Para que funcione correctamente, los refcounts ya deben estar incrementados cuando el dispositivo est\u00e1 enlazado al socket. Un dispositivo AX25 puede estar enlazado a un socket llamando a ax25_bind() o configurando la opci\u00f3n de socket SO_BINDTODEVICE. En ambos casos, los refcounts deben incrementarse, pero de hecho solo se hace en ax25_bind(). Este error conduce al siguiente problema informado por Syzkaller: ================================================================= refcount_t: el decremento lleg\u00f3 a 0; p\u00e9rdida de memoria. ADVERTENCIA: CPU: 1 PID: 5932 en lib/refcount.c:31 refcount_warn_saturate+0x1ed/0x210 lib/refcount.c:31 M\u00f3dulos vinculados: CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 5932 Comm: syz-executor424 No contaminado 6.13.0-rc4-syzkaller-00110-g4099a71718b0 #0 Nombre del hardware: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2~bpo12+1 04/01/2014 RIP: 0010:refcount_warn_saturate+0x1ed/0x210 lib/refcount.c:31 Seguimiento de llamadas: __refcount_dec include/linux/refcount.h:336 [en l\u00ednea] refcount_dec include/linux/refcount.h:351 [en l\u00ednea] ref_tracker_free+0x710/0x820 lib/ref_tracker.c:236 netdev_tracker_free include/linux/netdevice.h:4156 [en l\u00ednea] netdev_put include/linux/netdevice.h:4173 [en l\u00ednea] netdev_put include/linux/netdevice.h:4169 [en l\u00ednea] ax25_release+0x33f/0xa10 net/ax25/af_ax25.c:1069 __sock_release+0xb0/0x270 net/socket.c:640 sock_close+0x1c/0x30 net/socket.c:1408 ... do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [en l\u00ednea] do_syscall_64+0xcd/0x250 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f ... ================================================================== Corrija la implementaci\u00f3n de ax25_setsockopt() agregando un incremento de recuentos de referencias para el nuevo dispositivo vinculado y una disminuci\u00f3n de recuentos de referencias para el antiguo dispositivo no vinculado."}], "id": "CVE-2025-21792", "lastModified": "2025-10-01T20:18:26.320", "metrics": {"cvssMetricV31": [{"cvssData": {"attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackVector": "LOCAL", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "baseScore": 5.5, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "confidentialityImpact": "NONE", "integrityImpact": "NONE", "privilegesRequired": "LOW", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "userInteraction": "NONE", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H", "version": "3.1"}, "exploitabilityScore": 1.8, "impactScore": 3.6, "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}, {"cvssData": {"attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackVector": "LOCAL", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "baseScore": 5.5, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "confidentialityImpact": "NONE", "integrityImpact": "NONE", "privilegesRequired": "LOW", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "userInteraction": "NONE", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H", "version": "3.1"}, "exploitabilityScore": 1.8, "impactScore": 3.6, "source": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0", "type": "Secondary"}]}, "published": "2025-02-27T03:15:20.080", "references": [{"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Mailing List", "Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/470bda72fda0fcf54300466d70ce2de62f7835d2"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Mailing List", "Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/90056ece99966182dc0e367f3fd2afab46ada847"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Mailing List", "Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/94a0de224ed52eb2ecd4f4cb1b937b674c9fb955"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Mailing List", "Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b58f7ca86a7b8e480c06e30c5163c5d2f4e24023"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Mailing List", "Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bca0902e61731a75fc4860c8720168d9f1bae3b6"}], "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "vulnStatus": "Modified", "weaknesses": [{"description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "NVD-CWE-Other"}], "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}

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