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CVE-2025-38734
published 2025-09-05

CVE-2025-38734: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/smc: fix UAF on smcsk after smc_listen_out() BPF CI testing report a UAF issue: […

PriorityP341high7.8CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH
EPSS
0.16%
5.7th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/smc: fix UAF on smcsk after smc_listen_out() BPF CI testing report a UAF issue: [ 16.446633] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 000000000000003 0 [ 16.447134] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mod e [ 16.447516] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present pag e [ 16.447878] PGD 0 P4D 0 [ 16.448063] Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPT I [ 16.448409] CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 9 Comm: kworker/0:1 Tainted: G OE 6.13.0-rc3-g89e8a75fda73-dirty #4 2 [ 16.449124] Tainted: [O]=OOT_MODULE, [E]=UNSIGNED_MODUL E [ 16.449502] Hardware name: QEMU Ubuntu 24.04 PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2 04/01/201 4 [ 16.450201] Workqueue: smc_hs_wq smc_listen_wor k [ 16.450531] RIP: 0010:smc_listen_work+0xc02/0x159 0 [ 16.452158] RSP: 0018:ffffb5ab40053d98 EFLAGS: 0001024 6 [ 16.452526] RAX: 0000000000000001 RBX: 0000000000000002 RCX: 000000000000030 0 [ 16.452994] RDX: 0000000000000280 RSI: 00003513840053f0 RDI: 000000000000000 0 [ 16.453492] RBP: ffffa097808e3800 R08: ffffa09782dba1e0 R09: 000000000000000 5 [ 16.453987] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffffa0978274640 0 [ 16.454497] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: ffffa09782d4092 0 [ 16.454996] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffffa097bbc00000(0000) knlGS:000000000000000 0 [ 16.455557] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003 3 [ 16.455961] CR2: 0000000000000030 CR3: 0000000102788004 CR4: 0000000000770ef 0 [ 16.456459] PKRU: 5555555 4 [ 16.456654] Call Trace : [ 16.456832] [ 16.456989] ? __die+0x23/0x7 0 [ 16.457215] ? page_fault_oops+0x180/0x4c 0 [ 16.457508] ? __lock_acquire+0x3e6/0x249 0 [ 16.457801] ? exc_page_fault+0x68/0x20 0 [ 16.458080] ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x26/0x3 0 [ 16.458389] ? smc_listen_work+0xc02/0x159 0 [ 16.458689] ? smc_listen_work+0xc02/0x159 0 [ 16.458987] ? lock_is_held_type+0x8f/0x10 0 [ 16.459284] process_one_work+0x1ea/0x6d 0 [ 16.459570] worker_thread+0x1c3/0x38 0 [ 16.459839]

Affected

27 ranges· showing 25
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 6.16.5-1 (forky)linux 6.16.5-1 (forky)
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= 3b2dec2603d5b06ad3af71c1164ca0b92df3d2a8 < 070b4af44c4b6e4c35fb1ca7001a6a88fd2d318f070b4af44c4b6e4c35fb1ca7001a6a88fd2d318f
linuxlinux>= 3b2dec2603d5b06ad3af71c1164ca0b92df3d2a8 < 2e765ba0ee0eae35688b443e97108308a716773e2e765ba0ee0eae35688b443e97108308a716773e
linuxlinux>= 3b2dec2603d5b06ad3af71c1164ca0b92df3d2a8 < 85545f1525f9fa9bf44fec77ba011024f15da34285545f1525f9fa9bf44fec77ba011024f15da342
linuxlinux>= 3b2dec2603d5b06ad3af71c1164ca0b92df3d2a8 < d9cef55ed49117bd63695446fb84b4b91815c0b4d9cef55ed49117bd63695446fb84b4b91815c0b4
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.12.48-16.12.48-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.16.5-16.16.5-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.8.0-100.1006.8.0-100.100
linuxlinux_kernel>= 4.18 < 6.6.1036.6.103
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.13 < 6.16.46.16.4
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.7 < 6.12.446.12.44
msrcazl3_kernel_6.6.96.2-1_on_azure_linux_3.0
msrcazl3_kernel_6.6.96.2-2_on_azure_linux_3.0
msrccbl2_kernel_5.15.186.1-1_on_cbl_mariner_2.0
msrccbl2_kernel_5.15.200.1-1_on_cbl_mariner_2.0
msrccbl2_kernel_5.15.202.1-1_on_cbl_mariner_2.0
ubuntulinux-aws
ubuntulinux-aws-6.8
ubuntulinux-gkeop
ubuntulinux-nvidia
ubuntulinux-nvidia-6.8
ubuntulinux-oracle
ubuntulinux-oracle-6.8

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
vendor_debian7.8HIGH
vendor_redhat7.8HIGH
vendor_msrc5.5MEDIUM
vendor_ubuntu3.2LOW
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