CVE-2025-21686
Linux Kernel io_uring Unprivileged Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: io_uring/rsrc: require cloned buffers to share accounting contexts When IORING_REGISTER_CLONE_BUFFERS is used to clone buffers from uring instance A to uring instance B, where A and B use different MMs for accounting, the accounting can go wrong: If uring instance A is closed before uring instance B, the pinned memory counters for uring instance B will be decremented, even though the pinned memory was originally accounted through uring instance A; so the MM of uring instance B can end up with negative locked memory.
INFO
Published Date :
Feb. 10, 2025, 4:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
Feb. 10, 2025, 4:15 p.m.
Source :
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Remotely Exploitable :
No
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Exploitability Score :
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New CVE Received by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Feb. 10, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: io_uring/rsrc: require cloned buffers to share accounting contexts When IORING_REGISTER_CLONE_BUFFERS is used to clone buffers from uring instance A to uring instance B, where A and B use different MMs for accounting, the accounting can go wrong: If uring instance A is closed before uring instance B, the pinned memory counters for uring instance B will be decremented, even though the pinned memory was originally accounted through uring instance A; so the MM of uring instance B can end up with negative locked memory. Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19d340a2988d4f3e673cded9dde405d727d7e248 Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cafc60ae35f82ebf156b3245f979ca61cbb8e42c Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/efd96fbe23fa87de39116f632401f67b93be21ab
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