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CVE-2025-21672
published 2025-01-31

CVE-2025-21672: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: afs: Fix merge preference rule failure condition syzbot reported a lock held when returning…

PriorityP418medium5.5CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
0.14%
3.5th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: afs: Fix merge preference rule failure condition syzbot reported a lock held when returning to userspace[1]. This is because if argc is less than 0 and the function returns directly, the held inode lock is not released. Fix this by store the error in ret and jump to done to clean up instead of returning directly. [dh: Modified Lizhi Xu's original patch to make it honour the error code from afs_split_string()] [1] WARNING: lock held when returning to user space! 6.13.0-rc3-syzkaller-00209-g499551201b5f #0 Not tainted syz-executor133/5823 is leaving the kernel with locks still held! 1 lock held by syz-executor133/5823: #0: ffff888071cffc00 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#9){++++}-{4:4}, at: inode_lock include/linux/fs.h:818 [inline] #0: ffff888071cffc00 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#9){++++}-{4:4}, at: afs_proc_addr_prefs_write+0x2bb/0x14e0 fs/afs/addr_prefs.c:388

Affected

9 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 6.12.11-1 (forky)linux 6.12.11-1 (forky)
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= f94f70d39cc2d54079ebae934862198516315db2 < 22be1d90a6211c88dd093b25d1f3aa974d0d9f9d22be1d90a6211c88dd093b25d1f3aa974d0d9f9d
linuxlinux>= f94f70d39cc2d54079ebae934862198516315db2 < 17a4fde81d3a7478d97d15304a6d61094a10c2e317a4fde81d3a7478d97d15304a6d61094a10c2e3
linuxlinux_kernel< 6.12.116.12.11
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.12.11-16.12.11-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.12.11-16.12.11-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.8.0-62.656.8.0-62.65

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.15.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
osv5.9MEDIUM
vendor_ubuntu5.9MEDIUM
vendor_debian5.5LOW
vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM
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