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CVE-2025-38464
published 2025-07-25

CVE-2025-38464: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tipc: Fix use-after-free in tipc_conn_close(). syzbot reported a null-ptr-deref in…

high7.8CVSS 3.1
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tipc: Fix use-after-free in tipc_conn_close(). syzbot reported a null-ptr-deref in tipc_conn_close() during netns dismantle. [0] tipc_topsrv_stop() iterates tipc_net(net)->topsrv->conn_idr and calls tipc_conn_close() for each tipc_conn. The problem is that tipc_conn_close() is called after releasing the IDR lock. At the same time, there might be tipc_conn_recv_work() running and it could call tipc_conn_close() for the same tipc_conn and release its last ->kref. Once we release the IDR lock in tipc_topsrv_stop(), there is no guarantee that the tipc_conn is alive. Let's hold the ref before releasing the lock and put the ref after tipc_conn_close() in tipc_topsrv_stop(). [0]: BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in tipc_conn_close+0x122/0x140 net/tipc/topsrv.c:165 Read of size 8 at addr ffff888099305a08 by task kworker/u4:3/435 CPU: 0 PID: 435 Comm: kworker/u4:3 Not tainted 4.19.204-syzkaller #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/01/2011 Workqueue: netns cleanup_net Call Trace: __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:77 [inline] dump_stack+0x1fc/0x2ef lib/dump_stack.c:118 print_address_description.cold+0x54/0x219 mm/kasan/report.c:256 kasan_report_error.cold+0x8a/0x1b9 mm/kasan/report.c:354 kasan_report mm/kasan/report.c:412 [inline] __asan_report_load8_noabort+0x88/0x90 mm/kasan/report.c:433 tipc_conn_close+0x122/0x140 net/tipc/topsrv.c:165 tipc_topsrv_stop net/tipc/topsrv.c:701 [inline] tipc_topsrv_exit_net+0x27b/0x5c0 net/tipc/topsrv.c:722 ops_exit_list+0xa5/0x150 net/core/net_namespace.c:153 cleanup_net+0x3b4/0x8b0 net/core/net_namespace.c:553 process_one_work+0x864/0x1570 kernel/workqueue.c:2153 worker_thread+0x64c/0x1130 kernel/workqueue.c:2296 kthread+0x33f/0x460 kernel/kthread.c:259 ret_from_fork+0x24/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:415 Allocated by task 23: kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0x12f/0x380 mm/slab.c:3625 kmalloc include/linux/slab.h:515 [inline] kzalloc in

Affected

38 ranges· showing 25
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debiandebian_linux
debianlinux< linux 6.1.147-1 (bookworm)linux 6.1.147-1 (bookworm)
debianlinux-6.1< linux 6.1.147-1 (bookworm)linux 6.1.147-1 (bookworm)
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= c5fa7b3cf3cb22e4ac60485fc2dc187fe012910f < 03dcdd2558e1e55bf843822fe4363dcb48743f2b03dcdd2558e1e55bf843822fe4363dcb48743f2b
linuxlinux>= c5fa7b3cf3cb22e4ac60485fc2dc187fe012910f < 15a6f4971e2f157d57e09ea748d1fbc714277aa415a6f4971e2f157d57e09ea748d1fbc714277aa4
linuxlinux>= c5fa7b3cf3cb22e4ac60485fc2dc187fe012910f < dab8ded2e5ff41012a6ff400b44dbe76ccf3592adab8ded2e5ff41012a6ff400b44dbe76ccf3592a
linuxlinux>= c5fa7b3cf3cb22e4ac60485fc2dc187fe012910f < 1dbf7cd2454a28b1da700085b99346b5445aeabb1dbf7cd2454a28b1da700085b99346b5445aeabb
linuxlinux>= c5fa7b3cf3cb22e4ac60485fc2dc187fe012910f < be4b8392da7978294f2f368799d29dd509fb6c4dbe4b8392da7978294f2f368799d29dd509fb6c4d
linuxlinux>= c5fa7b3cf3cb22e4ac60485fc2dc187fe012910f < 50aa2d121bc2cfe2d825f8a331ea75dfaaab6a5050aa2d121bc2cfe2d825f8a331ea75dfaaab6a50
linuxlinux>= c5fa7b3cf3cb22e4ac60485fc2dc187fe012910f < 3b89e17b2fd64012682bed158d9eb3d2e96dec423b89e17b2fd64012682bed158d9eb3d2e96dec42
linuxlinux>= c5fa7b3cf3cb22e4ac60485fc2dc187fe012910f < 667eeab4999e981c96b447a4df5f20bdf5c26f13667eeab4999e981c96b447a4df5f20bdf5c26f13
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.10.244-15.10.244-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.1.147-16.1.147-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.12.41-16.12.41-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.16.3-16.16.3-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.15.0-156.1665.15.0-156.166
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.8.0-100.1006.8.0-100.100
linuxlinux_kernel>= 3.11 < 5.4.2965.4.296
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.11 < 5.15.1895.15.189
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.16 < 6.1.1466.1.146
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.5 < 5.10.2405.10.240
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.13 < 6.15.76.15.7
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.2 < 6.6.996.6.99

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
osv7.8HIGH