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DEBIAN-CVE-2025-38595

DEBIAN-CVE-2025-38595 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.800000190734863 HIGH

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xen: fix UAF in dmabuf_exp_from_pages() [dma_buf_fd() fixes; no preferences regarding the tree it goes through - up to xen folks] As soon as we'd inserted a file reference into descriptor table, another thread could close it. That's fine for the case when all we are doing is returning that descriptor to userland (it's a race, but it's a userland race and there's nothing the kernel can do about it). However, if we follow fd_install() with any kind of access to objects that would be destroyed on close (be it the struct file itself or anything destroyed by its ->release()), we have a UAF. dma_buf_fd() is a combination of reserving a descriptor and fd_install(). gntdev dmabuf_exp_from_pages() calls it and then proceeds to access the objects destroyed on close - starting with gntdev_dmabuf itself. Fix that by doing reserving descriptor before anything else and do fd_install() only when everything had been set up.

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.1
7.800000190734863
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:13linux0, 6.12.43-1, 6.12.41-1
Debian:11linux*, 6.12.27-1~bpo12+1, 6.12.29-1
Debian:12linux6.15.6-1, 6.19.8-1, 6.19
Debian:14linux6.12.69-1~bpo12+1, 6.12.73-1, 6.12.73-1~bpo12+1

Timeline

  • Aug 19, 2025 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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