High severity · published Jul 4, 2025
CVE-2025-38212
ipc: fix to protect IPCS lookups using RCU
7.8
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ipc: fix to protect IPCS lookups using RCU
syzbot reported that it discovered a use-after-free vulnerability, [0]
[0]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/67af13f8.050a0220.21dd3.0038.GAE@google.com/
idr_for_each() is protected by rwsem, but this is not enough. If it is
not protected by RCU read-critical region, when idr_for_each() calls
radix_tree_node_free() through call_rcu() to free the radix_tree_node
structure, the node will be freed immediately, and when reading the next
node in radix_tree_for_each_slot(), the already freed memory may be read.
Therefore, we need to add code to make sure that idr_for_each() is
protected within the RCU read-critical region when we call it in
shm_destroy_orphaned().
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 10% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
3.1 before 5.4.295; 5.5 before 5.10.239; 5.11 before 5.15.186; 5.16 before 6.1.142; 6.2 before 6.6.95; 6.7 before 6.12.35; +1 more · source: NVD
LI
Linux · Linux
b34a6b1da371ed8af1221459a18c67970f7e3d53 before 5f1e1573bf103303944fd7225559de5d8297539c; b34a6b1da371ed8af1221459a18c67970f7e3d53 before b968ba8bfd9f90914957bbbd815413bf6a98eca7; b34a6b1da371ed8af1221459a18c67970f7e3d53 before 74bc813d11c30e28fc5261dc877cca662ccfac68; b34a6b1da371ed8af1221459a18c67970f7e3d53 before 78297d53d3878d43c1d627d20cd09f611fa4b91d; b34a6b1da371ed8af1221459a18c67970f7e3d53 before 5180561afff8e0f029073c8c8117c95c6512d1f9; b34a6b1da371ed8af1221459a18c67970f7e3d53 before 68c173ea138b66d7dd1fd980c9bc578a18e11884; +3 more · source: vendor
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
11.0 · source: NVD
SS
SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP · Siemens
V3.1.5; V3.1.5 · source: CISA
SS
SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP · Siemens
V3.1.5; V3.1.5 · source: CISA
SS
SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP · Siemens
V3.1.5 · source: CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-38212
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38212
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5180561afff8e0f029073c8c8117c95c6512d1f9
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f1e1573bf103303944fd7225559de5d8297539c
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/68c173ea138b66d7dd1fd980c9bc578a18e11884
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/74bc813d11c30e28fc5261dc877cca662ccfac68
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/78297d53d3878d43c1d627d20cd09f611fa4b91d
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b0b6bf90ce2699a574b3683e22c44d0dcdd7a057
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