CVE-2025-38212
ipc: fix to protect IPCS lookups using RCU
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Public Exploits
0Exploited in Wild
-Decision
Descriptions
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().
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 Scores
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Timeline
- 2025-04-16 CVE Reserved
- 2025-07-04 CVE Published
- 2025-07-04 CVE Updated
- 2025-07-05 EPSS Updated
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References (9)
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Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 3.1 < 5.4.295 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 3.1 < 5.4.295" | en |
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Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 3.1 < 5.10.239 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 3.1 < 5.10.239" | en |
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Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 3.1 < 5.15.186 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 3.1 < 5.15.186" | en |
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Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 3.1 < 6.1.142 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 3.1 < 6.1.142" | en |
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Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 3.1 < 6.6.95 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 3.1 < 6.6.95" | en |
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Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 3.1 < 6.12.35 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 3.1 < 6.12.35" | en |
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Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 3.1 < 6.15.4 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 3.1 < 6.15.4" | en |
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Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 3.1 < 6.16-rc1 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 3.1 < 6.16-rc1" | en |
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