CVE-2025-37949

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xenbus: Use kref to track req lifetime Marek reported seeing a NULL pointer fault in the xenbus_thread callstack: BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000 RIP: e030:__wake_up_common+0x4c/0x180 Call Trace: <TASK> __wake_up_common_lock+0x82/0xd0 process_msg+0x18e/0x2f0 xenbus_thread+0x165/0x1c0 process_msg+0x18e is req->cb(req). req->cb is set to xs_wake_up(), a thin wrapper around wake_up(), or xenbus_dev_queue_reply(). It seems like it was xs_wake_up() in this case. It seems like req may have woken up the xs_wait_for_reply(), which kfree()ed the req. When xenbus_thread resumes, it faults on the zero-ed data. Linux Device Drivers 2nd edition states: "Normally, a wake_up call can cause an immediate reschedule to happen, meaning that other processes might run before wake_up returns." ... which would match the behaviour observed. Change to keeping two krefs on each request. One for the caller, and one for xenbus_thread. Each will kref_put() when finished, and the last will free it. This use of kref matches the description in Documentation/core-api/kref.rst
Configurations

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History

17 Dec 2025, 20:05

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CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : unknown
v3 : 5.5
CWE CWE-476
CPE cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.15:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
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First Time Linux
Debian
Debian debian Linux
Linux linux Kernel
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0e94a246bb6d9538010b6c02d2b1d4717a97b2e5 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0e94a246bb6d9538010b6c02d2b1d4717a97b2e5 - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f0304dfd9d217c2f8b04a9ef4b3258a66eedd27 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f0304dfd9d217c2f8b04a9ef4b3258a66eedd27 - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2466b0f66795c3c426cacc8998499f38031dbb59 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2466b0f66795c3c426cacc8998499f38031dbb59 - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d260a5558df4650eb87bc41b2c9ac2d6b2ba447 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d260a5558df4650eb87bc41b2c9ac2d6b2ba447 - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8b02f85e84dc6f7c150cef40ddb69af5a25659e5 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8b02f85e84dc6f7c150cef40ddb69af5a25659e5 - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8e9c8a0393b5f85f1820c565ab8105660f4e8f92 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8e9c8a0393b5f85f1820c565ab8105660f4e8f92 - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cbfaf46b88a4c01b64c4186cdccd766c19ae644c - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cbfaf46b88a4c01b64c4186cdccd766c19ae644c - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f1bcac367bc95631afbb918348f30dec887d0e1b - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f1bcac367bc95631afbb918348f30dec887d0e1b - Patch
References () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/08/msg00010.html - () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/08/msg00010.html - Third Party Advisory
References () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html - () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html - Third Party Advisory

03 Nov 2025, 20:18

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Summary
  • (es) En el kernel de Linux, se ha resuelto la siguiente vulnerabilidad: xenbus: Usar kref para rastrear el tiempo de vida de req. Marek informó haber visto un fallo de puntero nulo en la pila de llamadas xenbus_thread: ERROR: desreferencia de puntero nulo del kernel, dirección: 0000000000000000 RIP: e030:__wake_up_common+0x4c/0x180 Rastreo de llamadas: __wake_up_common_lock+0x82/0xd0 process_msg+0x18e/0x2f0 xenbus_thread+0x165/0x1c0 process_msg+0x18e es req-&gt;cb(req). req-&gt;cb está configurado como xs_wake_up(), una envoltura ligera alrededor de wake_up(), o xenbus_dev_queue_reply(). Parece que en este caso era xs_wake_up(). Parece que req pudo haber despertado xs_wait_for_reply(), que liberó la solicitud. Cuando xenbus_thread se reanuda, falla en los datos con ceros. La segunda edición de los controladores de dispositivos de Linux indica: «Normalmente, una llamada wake_up puede provocar una reprogramación inmediata, lo que significa que otros procesos podrían ejecutarse antes de que wake_up regrese». ... lo cual coincidiría con el comportamiento observado. Se recomienda mantener dos krefs en cada solicitud: uno para el que realiza la llamada y otro para xenbus_thread. Cada uno ejecutará kref_put() al finalizar, y el último lo liberará. Este uso de kref coincide con la descripción en Documentation/core-api/kref.rst.

20 May 2025, 16:15

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New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-05-20 16:15

Updated : 2025-12-17 20:05


NVD link : CVE-2025-37949

Mitre link : CVE-2025-37949

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-37949


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Products Affected

debian

  • debian_linux

linux

  • linux_kernel
CWE
CWE-476

NULL Pointer Dereference