{"dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.1", "cveMetadata": {"cveId": "CVE-2025-22109", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2024-12-29T08:45:45.820Z", "datePublished": "2025-04-16T14:12:56.405Z", "dateUpdated": "2025-05-26T05:18:39.940Z"}, "containers": {"cna": {"providerMetadata": {"orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2025-05-26T05:18:39.940Z"}, "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nax25: Remove broken autobind\n\nBinding AX25 socket by using the autobind feature leads to memory leaks\nin ax25_connect() and also refcount leaks in ax25_release(). Memory\nleak was detected with kmemleak:\n\n================================================================\nunreferenced object 0xffff8880253cd680 (size 96):\nbacktrace:\n__kmalloc_node_track_caller_noprof (./include/linux/kmemleak.h:43)\nkmemdup_noprof (mm/util.c:136)\nax25_rt_autobind (net/ax25/ax25_route.c:428)\nax25_connect (net/ax25/af_ax25.c:1282)\n__sys_connect_file (net/socket.c:2045)\n__sys_connect (net/socket.c:2064)\n__x64_sys_connect (net/socket.c:2067)\ndo_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83)\nentry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:130)\n================================================================\n\nWhen socket is bound, refcounts must be incremented the way it is done\nin ax25_bind() and ax25_setsockopt() (SO_BINDTODEVICE). In case of\nautobind, the refcounts are not incremented.\n\nThis bug leads to the following issue reported by Syzkaller:\n\n================================================================\nax25_connect(): syz-executor318 uses autobind, please contact jreuter@yaina.de\n------------[ cut here ]------------\nrefcount_t: decrement hit 0; leaking memory.\nWARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 5317 at lib/refcount.c:31 refcount_warn_saturate+0xfa/0x1d0 lib/refcount.c:31\nModules linked in:\nCPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5317 Comm: syz-executor318 Not tainted 6.14.0-rc4-syzkaller-00278-gece144f151ac #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+0xfa/0x1d0 lib/refcount.c:31\n...\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+0x6af/0x7e0 lib/ref_tracker.c:236\n netdev_tracker_free include/linux/netdevice.h:4302 [inline]\n netdev_put include/linux/netdevice.h:4319 [inline]\n ax25_release+0x368/0x960 net/ax25/af_ax25.c:1080\n __sock_release net/socket.c:647 [inline]\n sock_close+0xbc/0x240 net/socket.c:1398\n __fput+0x3e9/0x9f0 fs/file_table.c:464\n __do_sys_close fs/open.c:1580 [inline]\n __se_sys_close fs/open.c:1565 [inline]\n __x64_sys_close+0x7f/0x110 fs/open.c:1565\n do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline]\n do_syscall_64+0xf3/0x230 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f\n ...\n </TASK>\n================================================================\n\nConsidering the issues above and the comments left in the code that say:\n\"check if we can remove this feature. It is broken.\"; \"autobinding in this\nmay or may not work\"; - it is better to completely remove this feature than\nto fix it because it is broken and leads to various kinds of memory bugs.\n\nNow calling connect() without first binding socket will result in an\nerror (-EINVAL). Userspace software that relies on the autobind feature\nmight get broken. However, this feature does not seem widely used with\nthis specific driver as it was not reliable at any point of time, and it\nis already broken anyway. E.g. ax25-tools and ax25-apps packages for\npopular distributions do not use the autobind feature for AF_AX25.\n\nFound by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with Syzkaller."}], "affected": [{"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["include/net/ax25.h", "net/ax25/af_ax25.c", "net/ax25/ax25_route.c"], "versions": [{"version": "1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2", "lessThan": "61203fdd3e35519db9a98b6ff8983c620ffc4696", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2", "lessThan": "2f6efbabceb6b2914ee9bafb86d9a51feae9cce8", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}]}, {"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["include/net/ax25.h", "net/ax25/af_ax25.c", "net/ax25/ax25_route.c"], "versions": [{"version": "2.6.12", "status": "affected"}, {"version": "0", "lessThan": "2.6.12", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.14.2", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.14.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.15", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"}]}], "cpeApplicability": [{"nodes": [{"operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "2.6.12", "versionEndExcluding": "6.14.2"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "2.6.12", "versionEndExcluding": "6.15"}]}]}], "references": [{"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/61203fdd3e35519db9a98b6ff8983c620ffc4696"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f6efbabceb6b2914ee9bafb86d9a51feae9cce8"}], "title": "ax25: Remove broken autobind", "x_generator": {"engine": "bippy-1.2.0"}}}}

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{"cveTags": [], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nax25: Remove broken autobind\n\nBinding AX25 socket by using the autobind feature leads to memory leaks\nin ax25_connect() and also refcount leaks in ax25_release(). Memory\nleak was detected with kmemleak:\n\n================================================================\nunreferenced object 0xffff8880253cd680 (size 96):\nbacktrace:\n__kmalloc_node_track_caller_noprof (./include/linux/kmemleak.h:43)\nkmemdup_noprof (mm/util.c:136)\nax25_rt_autobind (net/ax25/ax25_route.c:428)\nax25_connect (net/ax25/af_ax25.c:1282)\n__sys_connect_file (net/socket.c:2045)\n__sys_connect (net/socket.c:2064)\n__x64_sys_connect (net/socket.c:2067)\ndo_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83)\nentry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:130)\n================================================================\n\nWhen socket is bound, refcounts must be incremented the way it is done\nin ax25_bind() and ax25_setsockopt() (SO_BINDTODEVICE). In case of\nautobind, the refcounts are not incremented.\n\nThis bug leads to the following issue reported by Syzkaller:\n\n================================================================\nax25_connect(): syz-executor318 uses autobind, please contact jreuter@yaina.de\n------------[ cut here ]------------\nrefcount_t: decrement hit 0; leaking memory.\nWARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 5317 at lib/refcount.c:31 refcount_warn_saturate+0xfa/0x1d0 lib/refcount.c:31\nModules linked in:\nCPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5317 Comm: syz-executor318 Not tainted 6.14.0-rc4-syzkaller-00278-gece144f151ac #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+0xfa/0x1d0 lib/refcount.c:31\n...\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+0x6af/0x7e0 lib/ref_tracker.c:236\n netdev_tracker_free include/linux/netdevice.h:4302 [inline]\n netdev_put include/linux/netdevice.h:4319 [inline]\n ax25_release+0x368/0x960 net/ax25/af_ax25.c:1080\n __sock_release net/socket.c:647 [inline]\n sock_close+0xbc/0x240 net/socket.c:1398\n __fput+0x3e9/0x9f0 fs/file_table.c:464\n __do_sys_close fs/open.c:1580 [inline]\n __se_sys_close fs/open.c:1565 [inline]\n __x64_sys_close+0x7f/0x110 fs/open.c:1565\n do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline]\n do_syscall_64+0xf3/0x230 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f\n ...\n </TASK>\n================================================================\n\nConsidering the issues above and the comments left in the code that say:\n\"check if we can remove this feature. It is broken.\"; \"autobinding in this\nmay or may not work\"; - it is better to completely remove this feature than\nto fix it because it is broken and leads to various kinds of memory bugs.\n\nNow calling connect() without first binding socket will result in an\nerror (-EINVAL). Userspace software that relies on the autobind feature\nmight get broken. However, this feature does not seem widely used with\nthis specific driver as it was not reliable at any point of time, and it\nis already broken anyway. E.g. ax25-tools and ax25-apps packages for\npopular distributions do not use the autobind feature for AF_AX25.\n\nFound by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with Syzkaller."}], "id": "CVE-2025-22109", "lastModified": "2025-04-17T20:22:16.240", "metrics": {}, "published": "2025-04-16T15:16:05.167", "references": [{"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f6efbabceb6b2914ee9bafb86d9a51feae9cce8"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/61203fdd3e35519db9a98b6ff8983c620ffc4696"}], "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "vulnStatus": "Awaiting Analysis"}

{"bugzilla": {"description": "kernel: ax25: Remove broken autobind", "id": "2360302", "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2360302"}, "csaw": false, "cvss3": {"cvss3_base_score": "5.5", "cvss3_scoring_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H", "status": "draft"}, "details": ["In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\nax25: Remove broken autobind\nBinding AX25 socket by using the autobind feature leads to memory leaks\nin ax25_connect() and also refcount leaks in ax25_release(). Memory\nleak was detected with kmemleak:\n================================================================\nunreferenced object 0xffff8880253cd680 (size 96):\nbacktrace:\n__kmalloc_node_track_caller_noprof (./include/linux/kmemleak.h:43)\nkmemdup_noprof (mm/util.c:136)\nax25_rt_autobind (net/ax25/ax25_route.c:428)\nax25_connect (net/ax25/af_ax25.c:1282)\n__sys_connect_file (net/socket.c:2045)\n__sys_connect (net/socket.c:2064)\n__x64_sys_connect (net/socket.c:2067)\ndo_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83)\nentry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:130)\n================================================================\nWhen socket is bound, refcounts must be incremented the way it is done\nin ax25_bind() and ax25_setsockopt() (SO_BINDTODEVICE). In case of\nautobind, the refcounts are not incremented.\nThis bug leads to the following issue reported by Syzkaller:\n================================================================\nax25_connect(): syz-executor318 uses autobind, please contact jreuter@yaina.de\n------------[ cut here ]------------\nrefcount_t: decrement hit 0; leaking memory.\nWARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 5317 at lib/refcount.c:31 refcount_warn_saturate+0xfa/0x1d0 lib/refcount.c:31\nModules linked in:\nCPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5317 Comm: syz-executor318 Not tainted 6.14.0-rc4-syzkaller-00278-gece144f151ac #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+0xfa/0x1d0 lib/refcount.c:31\n...\nCall Trace:\n<TASK>\n__refcount_dec include/linux/refcount.h:336 [inline]\nrefcount_dec include/linux/refcount.h:351 [inline]\nref_tracker_free+0x6af/0x7e0 lib/ref_tracker.c:236\nnetdev_tracker_free include/linux/netdevice.h:4302 [inline]\nnetdev_put include/linux/netdevice.h:4319 [inline]\nax25_release+0x368/0x960 net/ax25/af_ax25.c:1080\n__sock_release net/socket.c:647 [inline]\nsock_close+0xbc/0x240 net/socket.c:1398\n__fput+0x3e9/0x9f0 fs/file_table.c:464\n__do_sys_close fs/open.c:1580 [inline]\n__se_sys_close fs/open.c:1565 [inline]\n__x64_sys_close+0x7f/0x110 fs/open.c:1565\ndo_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline]\ndo_syscall_64+0xf3/0x230 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83\nentry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f\n...\n</TASK>\n================================================================\nConsidering the issues above and the comments left in the code that say:\n\"check if we can remove this feature. It is broken.\"; \"autobinding in this\nmay or may not work\"; - it is better to completely remove this feature than\nto fix it because it is broken and leads to various kinds of memory bugs.\nNow calling connect() without first binding socket will result in an\nerror (-EINVAL). Userspace software that relies on the autobind feature\nmight get broken. However, this feature does not seem widely used with\nthis specific driver as it was not reliable at any point of time, and it\nis already broken anyway. E.g. ax25-tools and ax25-apps packages for\npopular distributions do not use the autobind feature for AF_AX25.\nFound by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with Syzkaller."], "name": "CVE-2025-22109", "package_state": [{"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9"}], "public_date": "2025-04-16T00:00:00Z", "references": ["https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-22109\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-22109\nhttps://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025041623-CVE-2025-22109-f8e7@gregkh/T"], "threat_severity": "Low"}

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