CVE-2025-40280

CVE Details

Release Date:	2025-12-06
Impact:	Important	What is this?

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tipc: Fix use-after-free in tipc_mon_reinit_self(). syzbot reported use-after-free of tipc_net(net)->monitors[] in tipc_mon_reinit_self(). [0] The array is protected by RTNL, but tipc_mon_reinit_self() iterates over it without RTNL. tipc_mon_reinit_self() is called from tipc_net_finalize(), which is always under RTNL except for tipc_net_finalize_work(). Let's hold RTNL in tipc_net_finalize_work(). [0]: BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in __raw_spin_lock_irqsave include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:110 [inline] BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0xa7/0xf0 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:162 Read of size 1 at addr ffff88805eae1030 by task kworker/0:7/5989 CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5989 Comm: kworker/0:7 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT_{RT,(full)} Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 08/18/2025 Workqueue: events tipc_net_finalize_work Call Trace: dump_stack_lvl+0x189/0x250 lib/dump_stack.c:120 print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:378 [inline] print_report+0xca/0x240 mm/kasan/report.c:482 kasan_report+0x118/0x150 mm/kasan/report.c:595 __kasan_check_byte+0x2a/0x40 mm/kasan/common.c:568 kasan_check_byte include/linux/kasan.h:399 [inline] lock_acquire+0x8d/0x360 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5842 __raw_spin_lock_irqsave include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:110 [inline] _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0xa7/0xf0 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:162 rtlock_slowlock kernel/locking/rtmutex.c:1894 [inline] rwbase_rtmutex_lock_state kernel/locking/spinlock_rt.c:160 [inline] rwbase_write_lock+0xd3/0x7e0 kernel/locking/rwbase_rt.c:244 rt_write_lock+0x76/0x110 kernel/locking/spinlock_rt.c:243 write_lock_bh include/linux/rwlock_rt.h:99 [inline] tipc_mon_reinit_self+0x79/0x430 net/tipc/monitor.c:718 tipc_net_finalize+0x115/0x190 net/tipc/net.c:140 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3236 [inline] process_scheduled_works+0xade/0x17b0 kernel/workqueue.c:3319 worker_thread+0x8a0/0xda0 kernel/workqueue.c:3400 kthread+0x70e/0x8a0 kernel/kthread.c:463 ret_from_fork+0x439/0x7d0 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:148 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245 Allocated by task 6089: kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:47 [inline] kasan_save_track+0x3e/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:68 poison_kmalloc_redzone mm/kasan/common.c:388 [inline] __kasan_kmalloc+0x93/0xb0 mm/kasan/common.c:405 kasan_kmalloc include/linux/kasan.h:260 [inline] __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x1a8/0x320 mm/slub.c:4407 kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:905 [inline] kzalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:1039 [inline] tipc_mon_create+0xc3/0x4d0 net/tipc/monitor.c:657 tipc_enable_bearer net/tipc/bearer.c:357 [inline] __tipc_nl_bearer_enable+0xe16/0x13f0 net/tipc/bearer.c:1047 __tipc_nl_compat_doit net/tipc/netlink_compat.c:371 [inline] tipc_nl_compat_doit+0x3bc/0x5f0 net/tipc/netlink_compat.c:393 tipc_nl_compat_handle net/tipc/netlink_compat.c:-1 [inline] tipc_nl_compat_recv+0x83c/0xbe0 net/tipc/netlink_compat.c:1321 genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0x215/0x300 net/netlink/genetlink.c:1115 genl_family_rcv_msg net/netlink/genetlink.c:1195 [inline] genl_rcv_msg+0x60e/0x790 net/netlink/genetlink.c:1210 netlink_rcv_skb+0x208/0x470 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2552 genl_rcv+0x28/0x40 net/netlink/genetlink.c:1219 netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1320 [inline] netlink_unicast+0x846/0xa10 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1346 netlink_sendmsg+0x805/0xb30 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1896 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:714 [inline] __sock_sendmsg+0x21c/0x270 net/socket.c:729 ____sys_sendmsg+0x508/0x820 net/socket.c:2614 ___sys_sendmsg+0x21f/0x2a0 net/socket.c:2668 __sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2700 [inline] __do_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2705 [inline] __se_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2703 [inline] __x64_sys_sendmsg+0x1a1/0x260 net/socket.c:2703 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xfa/0x3b0 arch/ ---truncated---

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v3 metrics

Base Score:	7.0
Vector String:	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Version:	3.1
Attack Vector:	Local
Attack Complexity:	High
Privileges Required:	Low
User Interaction:	None
Scope:	Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact:	High
Integrity Impact:	High
Availability Impact:	High

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 10 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2026-50006	2026-01-13
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2026-50061	2026-01-19
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2026-50100	2026-02-07
Oracle Linux version 8 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2025-28067	2025-12-22
Oracle Linux version 8 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2026-50007	2026-01-13
Oracle Linux version 8 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2026-50061	2026-01-19
Oracle Linux version 8 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2026-50100	2026-02-07
Oracle Linux version 8 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2026-50113	2026-02-15
Oracle Linux version 9 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2025-28067	2025-12-22
Oracle Linux version 9 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2026-50006	2026-01-13
Oracle Linux version 9 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2026-50007	2026-01-13
Oracle Linux version 9 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2026-50113	2026-02-15