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DEBIAN-CVE-2025-21846

DEBIAN-CVE-2025-21846 PUBLISHED CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: acct: perform last write from workqueue In [1] it was reported that the acct(2) system call can be used to trigger NULL deref in cases where it is set to write to a file that triggers an internal lookup. This can e.g., happen when pointing acc(2) to /sys/power/resume. At the point the where the write to this file happens the calling task has already exited and called exit_fs(). A lookup will thus trigger a NULL-deref when accessing current->fs. Reorganize the code so that the the final write happens from the workqueue but with the caller's credentials. This preserves the (strange) permission model and has almost no regression risk. This api should stop to exist though.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.1
5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:12linux6.1.129-1, 6.1.55-1~bpo11+1, 6.1.66-1
Debian:13linux0, 0
Debian:14linux0, 0
Debian:11linux-6.16.1.106-3~deb11u2, 6.1.106-3~deb11u3, 6.1.112-1~deb11u1
Debian:11linux5.10.46-5, 0, 5.10.103-1

Timeline

  • Mar 12, 2025 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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