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CVE-2025-21836

io_uring/kbuf: reallocate buf lists on upgrade

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 6.6.79, 6.12.16, 6.13.4
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: total

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: io_uring/kbuf: reallocate buf lists on upgrade IORING_REGISTER_PBUF_RING can reuse an old struct io_buffer_list if it was created for legacy selected buffer and has been emptied. It violates the requirement that most of the field should stay stable after publish. Always reallocate it instead.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • Linux Linux

    From 2fcabce2d7d34f69a888146dab15b36a917f09d4 · fixed in 146a185f6c05ee263db715f860620606303c4633; From 2fcabce2d7d34f69a888146dab15b36a917f09d4 · fixed in 7d0dc28dae836caf7645fef62a10befc624dd17b; From 2fcabce2d7d34f69a888146dab15b36a917f09d4 · fixed in 2a5febbef40ce968e295a7aeaa5d5cbd9e3e5ad4; From 2fcabce2d7d34f69a888146dab15b36a917f09d4 · fixed in 8802766324e1f5d414a81ac43365c20142e85603

  • Linux Linux

    5.19

  • KernelLinux

    From 5.19.0 · fixed in 6.6.79; From 6.7.0 · fixed in 6.12.16; From 6.13.0 · fixed in 6.13.4

References 5

git.kernel.org

u1f383.github.io