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CVE-2025-68257

comedi: check device's attached status in compat ioctls

Severity Score

5.5
*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: comedi: check device's attached status in compat ioctls Syzbot identified an issue [1] that crashes kernel, seemingly due to
unexistent callback dev->get_valid_routes(). By all means, this should
not occur as said callback must always be set to
get_zero_valid_routes() in __comedi_device_postconfig(). As the crash seems to appear exclusively in i386 kernels, at least,
judging from [1] reports, the blame lies with compat versions
of standard IOCTL handlers. Several of them are modified and
do not use comedi_unlocked_ioctl(). While functionality of these
ioctls essentially copy their original versions, they do not
have required sanity check for device's attached status. This,
in turn, leads to a possibility of calling select IOCTLs on a
device that has not been properly setup, even via COMEDI_DEVCONFIG. Doing so on unconfigured devices means that several crucial steps
are missed, for instance, specifying dev->get_valid_routes()
callback. Fix this somewhat crudely by ensuring device's attached status before
performing any ioctls, improving logic consistency between modern
and compat functions. [1] Syzbot report:
BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000
...
CR2: ffffffffffffffd6 CR3: 000000006c717000 CR4: 0000000000352ef0
Call Trace: <TASK> get_valid_routes drivers/comedi/comedi_fops.c:1322 [inline] parse_insn+0x78c/0x1970 drivers/comedi/comedi_fops.c:1401 do_insnlist_ioctl+0x272/0x700 drivers/comedi/comedi_fops.c:1594 compat_insnlist drivers/comedi/comedi_fops.c:3208 [inline] comedi_compat_ioctl+0x810/0x990 drivers/comedi/comedi_fops.c:3273 __do_compat_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:695 [inline] __se_compat_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:638 [inline] __ia32_compat_sys_ioctl+0x242/0x370 fs/ioctl.c:638 do_syscall_32_irqs_on arch/x86/entry/syscall_32.c:83 [inline]
...

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: comedi: check device's attached status in compat ioctls Syzbot identified an issue [1] that crashes kernel, seemingly due to unexistent callback dev->get_valid_routes(). By all means, this should not occur as said callback must always be set to get_zero_valid_routes() in __comedi_device_postconfig(). As the crash seems to appear exclusively in i386 kernels, at least, judging from [1] reports, the blame lies with compat versions of standard IOCTL handlers. Several of them are modified and do not use comedi_unlocked_ioctl(). While functionality of these ioctls essentially copy their original versions, they do not have required sanity check for device's attached status. This, in turn, leads to a possibility of calling select IOCTLs on a device that has not been properly setup, even via COMEDI_DEVCONFIG. Doing so on unconfigured devices means that several crucial steps are missed, for instance, specifying dev->get_valid_routes() callback. Fix this somewhat crudely by ensuring device's attached status before performing any ioctls, improving logic consistency between modern and compat functions. [1] Syzbot report: BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000 ... CR2: ffffffffffffffd6 CR3: 000000006c717000 CR4: 0000000000352ef0 Call Trace: <TASK> get_valid_routes drivers/comedi/comedi_fops.c:1322 [inline] parse_insn+0x78c/0x1970 drivers/comedi/comedi_fops.c:1401 do_insnlist_ioctl+0x272/0x700 drivers/comedi/comedi_fops.c:1594 compat_insnlist drivers/comedi/comedi_fops.c:3208 [inline] comedi_compat_ioctl+0x810/0x990 drivers/comedi/comedi_fops.c:3273 __do_compat_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:695 [inline] __se_compat_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:638 [inline] __ia32_compat_sys_ioctl+0x242/0x370 fs/ioctl.c:638 do_syscall_32_irqs_on arch/x86/entry/syscall_32.c:83 [inline] ...

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CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete
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Timeline
  • 2025-12-16 CVE Reserved
  • 2025-12-16 CVE Published
  • 2025-12-17 EPSS Updated
  • 2025-12-18 CVE Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 5.8 < 6.12.62
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Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 5.8 < 6.17.12
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en
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Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 5.8 < 6.18.1
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Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 5.8 < 6.19-rc1
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en
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