High severity · published Mar 27, 2025
CVE-2025-21867
bpf, test_run: Fix use-after-free issue in eth_skb_pkt_type()
7.8
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
bpf, test_run: Fix use-after-free issue in eth_skb_pkt_type()
KMSAN reported a use-after-free issue in eth_skb_pkt_type()[1]. The
cause of the issue was that eth_skb_pkt_type() accessed skb's data
that didn't contain an Ethernet header. This occurs when
bpf_prog_test_run_xdp() passes an invalid value as the user_data
argument to bpf_test_init().
Fix this by returning an error when user_data is less than ETH_HLEN in
bpf_test_init(). Additionally, remove the check for "if (user_size >
size)" as it is unnecessary.
[1]
BUG: KMSAN: use-after-free in eth_skb_pkt_type include/linux/etherdevice.h:627 [inline]
BUG: KMSAN: use-after-free in eth_type_trans+0x4ee/0x980 net/ethernet/eth.c:165
eth_skb_pkt_type include/linux/etherdevice.h:627 [inline]
eth_type_trans+0x4ee/0x980 net/ethernet/eth.c:165
__xdp_build_skb_from_frame+0x5a8/0xa50 net/core/xdp.c:635
xdp_recv_frames net/bpf/test_run.c:272 [inline]
xdp_test_run_batch net/bpf/test_run.c:361 [inline]
bpf_test_run_xdp_live+0x2954/0x3330 net/bpf/test_run.c:390
bpf_prog_test_run_xdp+0x148e/0x1b10 net/bpf/test_run.c:1318
bpf_prog_test_run+0x5b7/0xa30 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:4371
__sys_bpf+0x6a6/0xe20 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:5777
__do_sys_bpf kernel/bpf/syscall.c:5866 [inline]
__se_sys_bpf kernel/bpf/syscall.c:5864 [inline]
__x64_sys_bpf+0xa4/0xf0 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:5864
x64_sys_call+0x2ea0/0x3d90 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:322
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0xd9/0x1d0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
Uninit was created at:
free_pages_prepare mm/page_alloc.c:1056 [inline]
free_unref_page+0x156/0x1320 mm/page_alloc.c:2657
__free_pages+0xa3/0x1b0 mm/page_alloc.c:4838
bpf_ringbuf_free kernel/bpf/ringbuf.c:226 [inline]
ringbuf_map_free+0xff/0x1e0 kernel/bpf/ringbuf.c:235
bpf_map_free kernel/bpf/syscall.c:838 [inline]
bpf_map_free_deferred+0x17c/0x310 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:862
process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3229 [inline]
process_scheduled_works+0xa2b/0x1b60 kernel/workqueue.c:3310
worker_thread+0xedf/0x1550 kernel/workqueue.c:3391
kthread+0x535/0x6b0 kernel/kthread.c:389
ret_from_fork+0x6e/0x90 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:147
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:244
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 17276 Comm: syz.1.16450 Not tainted 6.12.0-05490-g9bb88c659673 #8
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.16.3-3.fc41 04/01/2014
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 11% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
5.18 before 6.1.130; 6.2 before 6.6.80; 6.7 before 6.12.17; 6.13 before 6.13.5; 6.14; 6.14; +1 more · source: NVD
LI
Linux · Linux
be3d72a2896cb24090f268dce4aa8a304d40bc23 before f615fccfc689cb48977d275ac2e391297b52392b; be3d72a2896cb24090f268dce4aa8a304d40bc23 before d56d8a23d95100b65f40438639dd82db2af81c11; be3d72a2896cb24090f268dce4aa8a304d40bc23 before 972bafed67ca73ad9a56448384281eb5fd5c0ba3; be3d72a2896cb24090f268dce4aa8a304d40bc23 before 1a9e1284e87d59b1303b69d1808d310821d6e5f7; be3d72a2896cb24090f268dce4aa8a304d40bc23 before 6b3d638ca897e099fa99bd6d02189d3176f80a47; 5.18 · source: vendor
SS
SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP · Siemens
V3.1.6; V3.1.7; V3.1.6; V3.1.7 · source: CISA
SS
SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP · Siemens
V3.1.6; V3.1.7; V3.1.6; V3.1.7 · source: CISA
SS
SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP · Siemens
V3.1.6; V3.1.7 · source: CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-21867
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-21867
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1a9e1284e87d59b1303b69d1808d310821d6e5f7
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6b3d638ca897e099fa99bd6d02189d3176f80a47
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/972bafed67ca73ad9a56448384281eb5fd5c0ba3
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d56d8a23d95100b65f40438639dd82db2af81c11
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f615fccfc689cb48977d275ac2e391297b52392b
lists.debian.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00045.html
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