DEBIAN-CVE-2025-38595
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
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Debian:13 | linux | 0, 6.12.43-1, 6.12.41-1 |
| Debian:11 | linux | *, 6.12.27-1~bpo12+1, 6.12.29-1 |
| Debian:12 | linux | 6.15.6-1, 6.19.8-1, 6.19 |
| Debian:14 | linux | 6.12.69-1~bpo12+1, 6.12.73-1, 6.12.73-1~bpo12+1 |
Timeline
- Aug 19, 2025 CVE Published
- Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated