CVE-2025-21672

Feb. 3, 2025, 8:04 p.m.

5.5
Medium

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: afs: Fix merge preference rule failure condition syzbot reported a lock held when returning to userspace[1]. This is because if argc is less than 0 and the function returns directly, the held inode lock is not released. Fix this by store the error in ret and jump to done to clean up instead of returning directly. [dh: Modified Lizhi Xu's original patch to make it honour the error code from afs_split_string()] [1] WARNING: lock held when returning to user space! 6.13.0-rc3-syzkaller-00209-g499551201b5f #0 Not tainted ------------------------------------------------ syz-executor133/5823 is leaving the kernel with locks still held! 1 lock held by syz-executor133/5823: #0: ffff888071cffc00 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#9){++++}-{4:4}, at: inode_lock include/linux/fs.h:818 [inline] #0: ffff888071cffc00 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#9){++++}-{4:4}, at: afs_proc_addr_prefs_write+0x2bb/0x14e0 fs/afs/addr_prefs.c:388

Product(s) Impacted

Vendor Product Versions
Linux
  • Linux Kernel
  • *, 6.13

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-667
Improper Locking
The product does not properly acquire or release a lock on a resource, leading to unexpected resource state changes and behaviors.

*CPE(s)

Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.

Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language Software Edition Target Software Target Hardware Other Information
o linux linux_kernel / / / / / / / /
o linux linux_kernel 6.13 rc1 / / / / / /
o linux linux_kernel 6.13 rc2 / / / / / /
o linux linux_kernel 6.13 rc3 / / / / / /
o linux linux_kernel 6.13 rc4 / / / / / /
o linux linux_kernel 6.13 rc5 / / / / / /
o linux linux_kernel 6.13 rc6 / / / / / /

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/17a4fde81d3a7478d97d15304a6d61094a10c2e3
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/22be1d90a6211c88dd093b25d1f3aa974d0d9f9d

Tags

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
CWE-667
2025-01-31
CVE-2025-21672

CVSS Score

5.5 / 10

CVSS Data - 3.1

  • Attack Vector: LOCAL
  • Attack Complexity: LOW
  • Privileges Required: LOW
  • Scope: UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: HIGH

    • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Timeline

Published: Jan. 31, 2025, 12:15 p.m.
Last Modified: Feb. 3, 2025, 8:04 p.m.

Status : Analyzed

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

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