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().
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().
Metrics
Affected Vendors & Products
Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
Debian DLA |
DLA-4327-1 | linux security update |
Debian DLA |
DLA-4328-1 | linux-6.1 security update |
Debian DSA |
DSA-5973-1 | linux security update |
EUVD |
EUVD-2025-20044 | 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(). |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7774-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7774-2 | Linux kernel (FIPS) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7774-3 | Linux kernel (Real-time) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7775-1 | Linux kernel (Azure FIPS) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7775-2 | Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7776-1 | Linux kernel (Oracle) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7775-3 | Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7774-4 | Linux kernel (KVM) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7774-5 | Linux kernel (NVIDIA Tegra IGX) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7833-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7834-1 | Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7833-2 | Linux kernel (Real-time) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7833-3 | Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7833-4 | Linux kernel (GCP) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7856-1 | Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities |
Fixes
Solution
No solution given by the vendor.
Workaround
No workaround given by the vendor.
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| 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(). | |
| Title | ipc: fix to protect IPCS lookups using RCU | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2025-11-03T17:35:31.589Z
Reserved: 2025-04-16T04:51:23.994Z
Link: CVE-2025-38212
No data.
Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2025-07-04T14:15:29.473
Modified: 2025-11-03T18:16:09.183
Link: CVE-2025-38212
OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2025-07-13T21:47:55Z
Debian DLA
Debian DSA
EUVD
Ubuntu USN