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CVE-2025-38653

proc: use the same treatment to check proc_lseek as ones for proc_read_iter et.al

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 6.1.148, 6.6.102, 6.12.42, 6.15.10, 6.16.1
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: proc: use the same treatment to check proc_lseek as ones for proc_read_iter et.al Check pde->proc_ops->proc_lseek directly may cause UAF in rmmod scenario. It's a gap in proc_reg_open() after commit 654b33ada4ab("proc: fix UAF in proc_get_inode()"). Followed by AI Viro's suggestion, fix it in same manner.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

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

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • Linux Linux

    From 3f61631d47f115b83c935d0039f95cb68b0c8ab7 · fixed in c35b0feb80b48720dfbbf4e33759c7be3faaebb6; From 3f61631d47f115b83c935d0039f95cb68b0c8ab7 · fixed in 33c778ea0bd0fa62ff590497e72562ff90f82b13; From 3f61631d47f115b83c935d0039f95cb68b0c8ab7 · fixed in fc1072d934f687e1221d685cf1a49a5068318f34; From 3f61631d47f115b83c935d0039f95cb68b0c8ab7 · fixed in d136502e04d8853a9aecb335d07bbefd7a1519a8; From 3f61631d47f115b83c935d0039f95cb68b0c8ab7 · fixed in 1fccbfbae1dd36198dc47feac696563244ad81d3; From 3f61631d47f115b83c935d0039f95cb68b0c8ab7 · fixed in ff7ec8dc1b646296f8d94c39339e8d3833d16c05

  • Linux Linux

    6.0

  • KernelLinux

    From 6.0.0 · fixed in 6.1.148; From 6.2.0 · fixed in 6.6.102; From 6.7.0 · fixed in 6.12.42; From 6.13.0 · fixed in 6.15.10; From 6.16.0 · fixed in 6.16.1

References 6

git.kernel.org