{
  "schema_version": "1.6.1",
  "id": "RPI-CVE-2025-38464",
  "modified": "2026-10-07T17:22:01Z",
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2025-38464"
  ],
  "published": "2025-07-25T15:35:02Z",
  "summary": "tipc: Fix use-after-free in tipc_conn_close().",
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ntipc: Fix use-after-free in tipc_conn_close().\n\nsyzbot reported a null-ptr-deref in tipc_conn_close() during netns\ndismantle. [0]\n\ntipc_topsrv_stop() iterates tipc_net(net)->topsrv->conn_idr and calls\ntipc_conn_close() for each tipc_conn.\n\nThe problem is that tipc_conn_close() is called after releasing the\nIDR lock.\n\nAt the same time, there might be tipc_conn_recv_work() running and it\ncould call tipc_conn_close() for the same tipc_conn and release its\nlast ->kref.\n\nOnce we release the IDR lock in tipc_topsrv_stop(), there is no\nguarantee that the tipc_conn is alive.\n\nLet's hold the ref before releasing the lock and put the ref after\ntipc_conn_close() in tipc_topsrv_stop().\n\n[0]:\nBUG: KASAN: use-after-free in tipc_conn_close+0x122/0x140 net/tipc/topsrv.c:165\nRead of size 8 at addr ffff888099305a08 by task kworker/u4:3/435\n\nCPU: 0 PID: 435 Comm: kworker/u4:3 Not tainted 4.19.204-syzkaller #0\nHardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/01/2011\nWorkqueue: netns cleanup_net\nCall Trace:\n __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:77 [inline]\n dump_stack+0x1fc/0x2ef lib/dump_stack.c:118\n print_address_description.cold+0x54/0x219 mm/kasan/report.c:256\n kasan_report_error.cold+0x8a/0x1b9 mm/kasan/report.c:354\n kasan_report mm/kasan/report.c:412 [inline]\n __asan_report_load8_noabort+0x88/0x90 mm/kasan/report.c:433\n tipc_conn_close+0x122/0x140 net/tipc/topsrv.c:165\n tipc_topsrv_stop net/tipc/topsrv.c:701 [inline]\n tipc_topsrv_exit_net+0x27b/0x5c0 net/tipc/topsrv.c:722\n ops_exit_list+0xa5/0x150 net/core/net_namespace.c:153\n cleanup_net+0x3b4/0x8b0 net/core/net_namespace.c:553\n process_one_work+0x864/0x1570 kernel/workqueue.c:2153\n worker_thread+0x64c/0x1130 kernel/workqueue.c:2296\n kthread+0x33f/0x460 kernel/kthread.c:259\n ret_from_fork+0x24/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:415\n\nAllocated by task 23:\n kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0x12f/0x380 mm/slab.c:3625\n kmalloc include/linux/slab.h:515 [inline]\n kzalloc include/linux/slab.h:709 [inline]\n tipc_conn_alloc+0x43/0x4f0 net/tipc/topsrv.c:192\n tipc_topsrv_accept+0x1b5/0x280 net/tipc/topsrv.c:470\n process_one_work+0x864/0x1570 kernel/workqueue.c:2153\n worker_thread+0x64c/0x1130 kernel/workqueue.c:2296\n kthread+0x33f/0x460 kernel/kthread.c:259\n ret_from_fork+0x24/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:415\n\nFreed by task 23:\n __cache_free mm/slab.c:3503 [inline]\n kfree+0xcc/0x210 mm/slab.c:3822\n tipc_conn_kref_release net/tipc/topsrv.c:150 [inline]\n kref_put include/linux/kref.h:70 [inline]\n conn_put+0x2cd/0x3a0 net/tipc/topsrv.c:155\n process_one_work+0x864/0x1570 kernel/workqueue.c:2153\n worker_thread+0x64c/0x1130 kernel/workqueue.c:2296\n kthread+0x33f/0x460 kernel/kthread.c:259\n ret_from_fork+0x24/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:415\n\nThe buggy address belongs to the object at ffff888099305a00\n which belongs to the cache kmalloc-512 of size 512\nThe buggy address is located 8 bytes inside of\n 512-byte region [ffff888099305a00, ffff888099305c00)\nThe buggy address belongs to the page:\npage:ffffea000264c140 count:1 mapcount:0 mapping:ffff88813bff0940 index:0x0\nflags: 0xfff00000000100(slab)\nraw: 00fff00000000100 ffffea00028b6b88 ffffea0002cd2b08 ffff88813bff0940\nraw: 0000000000000000 ffff888099305000 0000000100000006 0000000000000000\npage dumped because: kasan: bad access detected\n\nMemory state around the buggy address:\n ffff888099305900: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb\n ffff888099305980: fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc\n>ffff888099305a00: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb\n                      ^\n ffff888099305a80: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb\n ffff888099305b00: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb",
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Raspberry Pi OS:12",
        "name": "linux"
      },
      "versions": [
        "1:6.1.47-1+rpt4"
      ],
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        "binaries": [
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            "binary_name": "linux-image-6.1.0-rpi3-rpi-2712",
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            "binary_name": "linux-image-6.1.0-rpi3-rpi-v6",
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            "binary_name": "linux-image-6.1.0-rpi3-rpi-v7",
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          {
            "binary_name": "linux-image-6.1.0-rpi3-rpi-v7l",
            "binary_version": "1:6.1.47-1+rpt4"
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          {
            "binary_name": "linux-image-6.1.0-rpi3-rpi-v8",
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      },
      "database_specific": {
        "per_version": {
          "1:6.1.47-1+rpt4": {
            "linux_commit": "655fc658a15ae7a6f37103754adb39ba52a9a14e",
            "upstream_version": "6.1.47",
            "assessment": "commit ancestry (strak rule)",
            "upstream_fixed": "6.1.146",
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          }
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  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38464"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/03dcdd2558e1e55bf843822fe4363dcb48743f2b"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/15a6f4971e2f157d57e09ea748d1fbc714277aa4"
    },
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      "type": "FIX",
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    },
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      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1dbf7cd2454a28b1da700085b99346b5445aeabb"
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      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be4b8392da7978294f2f368799d29dd509fb6c4d"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/50aa2d121bc2cfe2d825f8a331ea75dfaaab6a50"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3b89e17b2fd64012682bed158d9eb3d2e96dec42"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/667eeab4999e981c96b447a4df5f20bdf5c26f13"
    }
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  "database_specific": {
    "source": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/security/vulns.git",
    "upstream_modified": "2026-08-05T12:19:11Z"
  }
}
