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CVE-2025-38256

io_uring/rsrc: fix folio unpinning

Severity Score

7.1
*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: io_uring/rsrc: fix folio unpinning syzbot complains about an unmapping failure: [ 108.070381][ T14] kernel BUG at mm/gup.c:71!
[ 108.070502][ T14] Internal error: Oops - BUG: 00000000f2000800 [#1] SMP
[ 108.123672][ T14] Hardware name: QEMU KVM Virtual Machine, BIOS edk2-20250221-8.fc42 02/21/2025
[ 108.127458][ T14] Workqueue: iou_exit io_ring_exit_work
[ 108.174205][ T14] Call trace:
[ 108.175649][ T14] sanity_check_pinned_pages+0x7cc/0x7d0 (P)
[ 108.178138][ T14] unpin_user_page+0x80/0x10c
[ 108.180189][ T14] io_release_ubuf+0x84/0xf8
[ 108.182196][ T14] io_free_rsrc_node+0x250/0x57c
[ 108.184345][ T14] io_rsrc_data_free+0x148/0x298
[ 108.186493][ T14] io_sqe_buffers_unregister+0x84/0xa0
[ 108.188991][ T14] io_ring_ctx_free+0x48/0x480
[ 108.191057][ T14] io_ring_exit_work+0x764/0x7d8
[ 108.193207][ T14] process_one_work+0x7e8/0x155c
[ 108.195431][ T14] worker_thread+0x958/0xed8
[ 108.197561][ T14] kthread+0x5fc/0x75c
[ 108.199362][ T14] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20 We can pin a tail page of a folio, but then io_uring will try to unpin
the head page of the folio. While it should be fine in terms of keeping
the page actually alive, mm folks say it's wrong and triggers a debug
warning. Use unpin_user_folio() instead of unpin_user_page*. [axboe: adapt to current tree, massage commit message]

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: io_uring/rsrc: fix folio unpinning syzbot complains about an unmapping failure: [ 108.070381][ T14] kernel BUG at mm/gup.c:71! [ 108.070502][ T14] Internal error: Oops - BUG: 00000000f2000800 [#1] SMP [ 108.123672][ T14] Hardware name: QEMU KVM Virtual Machine, BIOS edk2-20250221-8.fc42 02/21/2025 [ 108.127458][ T14] Workqueue: iou_exit io_ring_exit_work [ 108.174205][ T14] Call trace: [ 108.175649][ T14] sanity_check_pinned_pages+0x7cc/0x7d0 (P) [ 108.178138][ T14] unpin_user_page+0x80/0x10c [ 108.180189][ T14] io_release_ubuf+0x84/0xf8 [ 108.182196][ T14] io_free_rsrc_node+0x250/0x57c [ 108.184345][ T14] io_rsrc_data_free+0x148/0x298 [ 108.186493][ T14] io_sqe_buffers_unregister+0x84/0xa0 [ 108.188991][ T14] io_ring_ctx_free+0x48/0x480 [ 108.191057][ T14] io_ring_exit_work+0x764/0x7d8 [ 108.193207][ T14] process_one_work+0x7e8/0x155c [ 108.195431][ T14] worker_thread+0x958/0xed8 [ 108.197561][ T14] kthread+0x5fc/0x75c [ 108.199362][ T14] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20 We can pin a tail page of a folio, but then io_uring will try to unpin the head page of the folio. While it should be fine in terms of keeping the page actually alive, mm folks say it's wrong and triggers a debug warning. Use unpin_user_folio() instead of unpin_user_page*. [axboe: adapt to current tree, massage commit message]

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete
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  • Decision:-
Exploitation
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Automatable
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Tech. Impact
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* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2025-04-16 CVE Reserved
  • 2025-07-09 CVE Published
  • 2025-07-09 CVE Updated
  • 2025-07-09 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
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Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 6.12 < 6.12.36
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Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 6.12 < 6.15.5
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Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 6.12 < 6.16-rc4
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Affected