CVE-2025-38106
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BaseFortify
Publication date: 2025-07-03
Last updated on: 2025-11-20
Assigner: kernel.org
Description
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
io_uring: fix use-after-free of sq->thread in __io_uring_show_fdinfo()
syzbot reports:
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in getrusage+0x1109/0x1a60
Read of size 8 at addr ffff88810de2d2c8 by task a.out/304
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 304 Comm: a.out Not tainted 6.16.0-rc1 #1 PREEMPT(voluntary)
Hardware name: QEMU Ubuntu 24.04 PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2 04/01/2014
Call Trace:
<TASK>
dump_stack_lvl+0x53/0x70
print_report+0xd0/0x670
? __pfx__raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x10/0x10
? getrusage+0x1109/0x1a60
kasan_report+0xce/0x100
? getrusage+0x1109/0x1a60
getrusage+0x1109/0x1a60
? __pfx_getrusage+0x10/0x10
__io_uring_show_fdinfo+0x9fe/0x1790
? ksys_read+0xf7/0x1c0
? do_syscall_64+0xa4/0x260
? vsnprintf+0x591/0x1100
? __pfx___io_uring_show_fdinfo+0x10/0x10
? __pfx_vsnprintf+0x10/0x10
? mutex_trylock+0xcf/0x130
? __pfx_mutex_trylock+0x10/0x10
? __pfx_show_fd_locks+0x10/0x10
? io_uring_show_fdinfo+0x57/0x80
io_uring_show_fdinfo+0x57/0x80
seq_show+0x38c/0x690
seq_read_iter+0x3f7/0x1180
? inode_set_ctime_current+0x160/0x4b0
seq_read+0x271/0x3e0
? __pfx_seq_read+0x10/0x10
? __pfx__raw_spin_lock+0x10/0x10
? __mark_inode_dirty+0x402/0x810
? selinux_file_permission+0x368/0x500
? file_update_time+0x10f/0x160
vfs_read+0x177/0xa40
? __pfx___handle_mm_fault+0x10/0x10
? __pfx_vfs_read+0x10/0x10
? mutex_lock+0x81/0xe0
? __pfx_mutex_lock+0x10/0x10
? fdget_pos+0x24d/0x4b0
ksys_read+0xf7/0x1c0
? __pfx_ksys_read+0x10/0x10
? do_user_addr_fault+0x43b/0x9c0
do_syscall_64+0xa4/0x260
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7f0f74170fc9
Code: 00 c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 8b 8
RSP: 002b:00007fffece049e8 EFLAGS: 00000206 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000000
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 00007f0f74170fc9
RDX: 0000000000001000 RSI: 00007fffece049f0 RDI: 0000000000000004
RBP: 00007fffece05ad0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 00007fffece04d90
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000206 R12: 00005651720a1100
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000
</TASK>
Allocated by task 298:
kasan_save_stack+0x33/0x60
kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30
__kasan_slab_alloc+0x6e/0x70
kmem_cache_alloc_node_noprof+0xe8/0x330
copy_process+0x376/0x5e00
create_io_thread+0xab/0xf0
io_sq_offload_create+0x9ed/0xf20
io_uring_setup+0x12b0/0x1cc0
do_syscall_64+0xa4/0x260
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
Freed by task 22:
kasan_save_stack+0x33/0x60
kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30
kasan_save_free_info+0x3b/0x60
__kasan_slab_free+0x37/0x50
kmem_cache_free+0xc4/0x360
rcu_core+0x5ff/0x19f0
handle_softirqs+0x18c/0x530
run_ksoftirqd+0x20/0x30
smpboot_thread_fn+0x287/0x6c0
kthread+0x30d/0x630
ret_from_fork+0xef/0x1a0
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
Last potentially related work creation:
kasan_save_stack+0x33/0x60
kasan_record_aux_stack+0x8c/0xa0
__call_rcu_common.constprop.0+0x68/0x940
__schedule+0xff2/0x2930
__cond_resched+0x4c/0x80
mutex_lock+0x5c/0xe0
io_uring_del_tctx_node+0xe1/0x2b0
io_uring_clean_tctx+0xb7/0x160
io_uring_cancel_generic+0x34e/0x760
do_exit+0x240/0x2350
do_group_exit+0xab/0x220
__x64_sys_exit_group+0x39/0x40
x64_sys_call+0x1243/0x1840
do_syscall_64+0xa4/0x260
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff88810de2cb00
which belongs to the cache task_struct of size 3712
The buggy address is located 1992 bytes inside of
freed 3712-byte region [ffff88810de2cb00, ffff88810de2d980)
which is caused by the task_struct pointed to by sq->thread being
released while it is being used in the function
__io_uring_show_fdinfo(). Holding ctx->uring_lock does not prevent ehre
relase or exit of sq->thread.
Fix this by assigning and looking up ->thread under RCU, and grabbing a
reference to the task_struct. This e
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Meta Information
Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | 6.16 |
| linux | linux_kernel | From 5.15.160 (inc) to 5.16 (inc) |
| linux | linux_kernel | From 5.15.160 (inc) to 5.16 (inc) |
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Exploitability
CWE
KEV
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-416 | The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer. |
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AI Powered Q&A
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
This vulnerability can lead to kernel crashes or instability due to use-after-free memory access. Exploiting this flaw could potentially allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code in kernel mode or cause denial of service by crashing the system, impacting system reliability and security.
Can you explain this vulnerability to me?
This vulnerability is a use-after-free bug in the Linux kernel's io_uring subsystem. Specifically, the task_struct pointed to by sq->thread is released while still being used in the function __io_uring_show_fdinfo(). The issue arises because holding ctx->uring_lock does not prevent the release or exit of sq->thread, leading to a read from freed memory, which can cause kernel crashes or undefined behavior. The fix involves using Read-Copy-Update (RCU) mechanisms to safely assign and look up the thread pointer and grab a reference to the task_struct to prevent it from being freed prematurely.
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