CVE-2025-38344

{"id": "CVE-2025-38344", "cveTags": [], "metrics": {"cvssMetricV31": [{"type": "Primary", "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "cvssData": {"scope": "UNCHANGED", "version": "3.1", "baseScore": 5.5, "attackVector": "LOCAL", "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H", "integrityImpact": "NONE", "userInteraction": "NONE", "attackComplexity": "LOW", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "privilegesRequired": "LOW", "confidentialityImpact": "NONE"}, "impactScore": 3.6, "exploitabilityScore": 1.8}]}, "published": "2025-07-10T09:15:29.283", "references": [{"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a119fdaed67566aa3e0b5222dced4d08bbce463", "tags": ["Patch"], "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/198c2dab022e5e94a99fff267b669d693bc7bb49", "tags": ["Patch"], "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e0e629e88b1f7751ce69bf70cda6d1598d45271", "tags": ["Patch"], "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1fee4324b5660de080cefc3fc91c371543bdb8f6", "tags": ["Patch"], "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3e0c59180ec83bdec43b3d3482cff23d86d380d0", "tags": ["Patch"], "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/41afebc9a0762aafc35d2df88f4e1b798155a940", "tags": ["Patch"], "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/960236150cd3f08e13b397dd5ae4ccf7a2986c00", "tags": ["Patch"], "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bed18f0bdcd6737a938264a59d67923688696fc4", "tags": ["Patch"], "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}, {"url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html", "tags": ["Third Party Advisory"], "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}, {"url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html", "tags": ["Third Party Advisory"], "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}], "vulnStatus": "Analyzed", "weaknesses": [{"type": "Primary", "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "CWE-401"}]}], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nACPICA: fix acpi parse and parseext cache leaks\n\nACPICA commit 8829e70e1360c81e7a5a901b5d4f48330e021ea5\n\nI'm Seunghun Han, and I work for National Security Research Institute of\nSouth Korea.\n\nI have been doing a research on ACPI and found an ACPI cache leak in ACPI\nearly abort cases.\n\nBoot log of ACPI cache leak is as follows:\n[ 0.352414] ACPI: Added _OSI(Module Device)\n[ 0.353182] ACPI: Added _OSI(Processor Device)\n[ 0.353182] ACPI: Added _OSI(3.0 _SCP Extensions)\n[ 0.353182] ACPI: Added _OSI(Processor Aggregator Device)\n[ 0.356028] ACPI: Unable to start the ACPI Interpreter\n[ 0.356799] ACPI Error: Could not remove SCI handler (20170303/evmisc-281)\n[ 0.360215] kmem_cache_destroy Acpi-State: Slab cache still has objects\n[ 0.360648] CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Tainted: G W\n4.12.0-rc4-next-20170608+ #10\n[ 0.361273] Hardware name: innotek gmb_h virtual_box/virtual_box, BIOS\nvirtual_box 12/01/2006\n[ 0.361873] Call Trace:\n[ 0.362243] ? dump_stack+0x5c/0x81\n[ 0.362591] ? kmem_cache_destroy+0x1aa/0x1c0\n[ 0.362944] ? acpi_sleep_proc_init+0x27/0x27\n[ 0.363296] ? acpi_os_delete_cache+0xa/0x10\n[ 0.363646] ? acpi_ut_delete_caches+0x6d/0x7b\n[ 0.364000] ? acpi_terminate+0xa/0x14\n[ 0.364000] ? acpi_init+0x2af/0x34f\n[ 0.364000] ? __class_create+0x4c/0x80\n[ 0.364000] ? video_setup+0x7f/0x7f\n[ 0.364000] ? acpi_sleep_proc_init+0x27/0x27\n[ 0.364000] ? do_one_initcall+0x4e/0x1a0\n[ 0.364000] ? kernel_init_freeable+0x189/0x20a\n[ 0.364000] ? rest_init+0xc0/0xc0\n[ 0.364000] ? kernel_init+0xa/0x100\n[ 0.364000] ? ret_from_fork+0x25/0x30\n\nI analyzed this memory leak in detail. I found that \u201cAcpi-State\u201d cache and\n\u201cAcpi-Parse\u201d cache were merged because the size of cache objects was same\nslab cache size.\n\nI finally found \u201cAcpi-Parse\u201d cache and \u201cAcpi-parse_ext\u201d cache were leaked\nusing SLAB_NEVER_MERGE flag in kmem_cache_create() function.\n\nReal ACPI cache leak point is as follows:\n[ 0.360101] ACPI: Added _OSI(Module Device)\n[ 0.360101] ACPI: Added _OSI(Processor Device)\n[ 0.360101] ACPI: Added _OSI(3.0 _SCP Extensions)\n[ 0.361043] ACPI: Added _OSI(Processor Aggregator Device)\n[ 0.364016] ACPI: Unable to start the ACPI Interpreter\n[ 0.365061] ACPI Error: Could not remove SCI handler (20170303/evmisc-281)\n[ 0.368174] kmem_cache_destroy Acpi-Parse: Slab cache still has objects\n[ 0.369332] CPU: 1 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Tainted: G W\n4.12.0-rc4-next-20170608+ #8\n[ 0.371256] Hardware name: innotek gmb_h virtual_box/virtual_box, BIOS\nvirtual_box 12/01/2006\n[ 0.372000] Call Trace:\n[ 0.372000] ? dump_stack+0x5c/0x81\n[ 0.372000] ? kmem_cache_destroy+0x1aa/0x1c0\n[ 0.372000] ? acpi_sleep_proc_init+0x27/0x27\n[ 0.372000] ? acpi_os_delete_cache+0xa/0x10\n[ 0.372000] ? acpi_ut_delete_caches+0x56/0x7b\n[ 0.372000] ? acpi_terminate+0xa/0x14\n[ 0.372000] ? acpi_init+0x2af/0x34f\n[ 0.372000] ? __class_create+0x4c/0x80\n[ 0.372000] ? video_setup+0x7f/0x7f\n[ 0.372000] ? acpi_sleep_proc_init+0x27/0x27\n[ 0.372000] ? do_one_initcall+0x4e/0x1a0\n[ 0.372000] ? kernel_init_freeable+0x189/0x20a\n[ 0.372000] ? rest_init+0xc0/0xc0\n[ 0.372000] ? kernel_init+0xa/0x100\n[ 0.372000] ? ret_from_fork+0x25/0x30\n[ 0.388039] kmem_cache_destroy Acpi-parse_ext: Slab cache still has objects\n[ 0.389063] CPU: 1 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Tainted: G W\n4.12.0-rc4-next-20170608+ #8\n[ 0.390557] Hardware name: innotek gmb_h virtual_box/virtual_box, BIOS\nvirtual_box 12/01/2006\n[ 0.392000] Call Trace:\n[ 0.392000] ? dump_stack+0x5c/0x81\n[ 0.392000] ? kmem_cache_destroy+0x1aa/0x1c0\n[ 0.392000] ? acpi_sleep_proc_init+0x27/0x27\n[ 0.392000] ? acpi_os_delete_cache+0xa/0x10\n[ 0.392000] ? acpi_ut_delete_caches+0x6d/0x7b\n[ 0.392000] ? acpi_terminate+0xa/0x14\n[ 0.392000] ? acpi_init+0x2af/0x3\n---truncated---"}, {"lang": "es", "value": "En el kernel de Linux, se ha resuelto la siguiente vulnerabilidad: ACPICA: se corrigen las fugas de cach\u00e9 de ACPI parse y parseext. Confirmaci\u00f3n de ACPICA 8829e70e1360c81e7a5a901b5d4f48330e021ea5. Soy Seunghun Han y trabajo para el Instituto de Investigaci\u00f3n de Seguridad Nacional de Corea del Sur. He estado investigando sobre ACPI y he encontrado una fuga de cach\u00e9 en casos de aborto temprano de ACPI. El registro de arranque de la p\u00e9rdida de cach\u00e9 ACPI es el siguiente: [0.352414] ACPI: _OSI(Dispositivo de m\u00f3dulo) a\u00f1adido [0.353182] ACPI: _OSI(Dispositivo de procesador) a\u00f1adido [0.353182] ACPI: _OSI(Extensiones 3.0 _SCP) a\u00f1adido [0.353182] ACPI: _OSI(Dispositivo agregador de procesador) a\u00f1adido [0.356028] ACPI: No se puede iniciar el int\u00e9rprete ACPI [0.356799] Error ACPI: No se pudo eliminar el controlador SCI (20170303/evmisc-281) [0.360215] kmem_cache_destroy Estado Acpi: La cach\u00e9 Slab todav\u00eda tiene objetos [0.360648] CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Contaminado: GW 4.12.0-rc4-next-20170608+ #10 [ 0.361273] Nombre del hardware: innotek gmb_h virtual_box/virtual_box, BIOS virtual_box 12/01/2006 [ 0.361873] Rastreo de llamadas: [ 0.362243] ? dump_stack+0x5c/0x81 [ 0.362591] ? kmem_cache_destroy+0x1aa/0x1c0 [ 0.362944] ? acpi_sleep_proc_init+0x27/0x27 [ 0.363296] ? acpi_os_delete_cache+0xa/0x10 [ 0.363646] ? acpi_ut_delete_caches+0x6d/0x7b [ 0.364000] ? acpi_terminate+0xa/0x14 [ 0.364000] ? acpi_init+0x2af/0x34f [ 0.364000] ? __class_create+0x4c/0x80 [ 0.364000] ? video_setup+0x7f/0x7f [ 0.364000] ? acpi_sleep_proc_init+0x27/0x27 [ 0.364000] ? do_one_initcall+0x4e/0x1a0 [ 0.364000] ? kernel_init_freeable+0x189/0x20a [ 0.364000] ? rest_init+0xc0/0xc0 [ 0.364000] ? kernel_init+0xa/0x100 [ 0.364000] ? ret_from_fork+0x25/0x30 Analic\u00e9 esta fuga de memoria en detalle. Descubr\u00ed que las cach\u00e9s \"Acpi-State\" y \"Acpi-Parse\" se fusionaron porque el tama\u00f1o de los objetos de la cach\u00e9 era el mismo que el de la cach\u00e9 slab. Finalmente, descubr\u00ed que las cach\u00e9s \"Acpi-Parse\" y \"Acpi-parse_ext\" se filtraron mediante el indicador SLAB_NEVER_MERGE de la funci\u00f3n kmem_cache_create(). El punto de fuga de cach\u00e9 ACPI real es el siguiente: [0.360101] ACPI: _OSI(Dispositivo de m\u00f3dulo) a\u00f1adido [0.360101] ACPI: _OSI(Dispositivo de procesador) a\u00f1adido [0.360101] ACPI: _OSI(Extensiones 3.0 _SCP) a\u00f1adido [0.361043] ACPI: _OSI(Dispositivo agregador de procesador) a\u00f1adido [0.364016] ACPI: No se puede iniciar el int\u00e9rprete ACPI [0.365061] Error ACPI: No se pudo eliminar el controlador SCI (20170303/evmisc-281) [0.368174] kmem_cache_destroy Acpi-Parse: La cach\u00e9 Slab a\u00fan tiene objetos [0.369332] CPU: 1 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Contaminado: GW 4.12.0-rc4-next-20170608+ #8 [ 0.371256] Nombre del hardware: innotek gmb_h virtual_box/virtual_box, BIOS virtual_box 12/01/2006 [ 0.372000] Rastreo de llamadas: [ 0.372000] ? dump_stack+0x5c/0x81 [ 0.372000] ? kmem_cache_destroy+0x1aa/0x1c0 [ 0.372000] ? acpi_sleep_proc_init+0x27/0x27 [ 0.372000] ? acpi_os_delete_cache+0xa/0x10 [ 0.372000] ? acpi_ut_delete_caches+0x56/0x7b [0.372000] ? acpi_terminate+0xa/0x14 [0.372000] ? acpi_init+0x2af/0x34f [0.372000] ? __class_create+0x4c/0x80 [0.372000] ? video_setup+0x7f/0x7f [0.372000] ? acpi_sleep_proc_init+0x27/0x27 [0.372000] ? do_one_initcall+0x4e/0x1a0 [0.372000] ? kernel_init_freeable+0x189/0x20a [0.372000] ? rest_init+0xc0/0xc0 [ 0.372000] ? kernel_init+0xa/0x100 [ 0.372000] ? ret_from_fork+0x25/0x30 [ 0.388039] kmem_cache_destroy Acpi-parse_ext: La cach\u00e9 Slab a\u00fan tiene objetos [ 0.389063] CPU: 1 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Contaminado: GW 4.12.0-rc4-next-20170608+ #8 [ 0.390557] Nombre del hardware: innotek gmb_h virtual_box/virtual_box, BIOS virtual_box 12/01/2006 [ 0.392000] Rastreo de llamadas: [ 0.392000] ? dump_stack+0x5c/0x81 [ 0.392000] ? kmem_cache_destroy+0x1aa/0x1c0 [ 0.392000] ? acpi_sleep_proc_init+0x27/0x27 [ 0.392000] ? acpi_os_delete_cache+0xa/0x10 [ 0.392000] ? acpi_ut_delete_caches+0x6d/0x7b [ 0.392000] ? acpi_terminate+0xa/0x14 [ 0.392000] ? acpi_init+0x2af/0x3 ---truncado---"}], "lastModified": "2025-12-16T17:47:14.717", "configurations": [{"nodes": [{"negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "BA4BF151-0908-4C15-9931-A867361FC272", "versionEndExcluding": "5.4.295"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "C3D14F4C-A21E-465D-A928-5CCE684E2B98", "versionEndExcluding": "5.10.239", "versionStartIncluding": "5.5"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "D96F2C0D-0D4A-4658-AD34-D8A626EA422D", "versionEndExcluding": "5.15.186", "versionStartIncluding": "5.11"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "459B4E94-FE0E-434D-B782-95E3A5FFC6B1", "versionEndExcluding": "6.1.142", "versionStartIncluding": "5.16"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "C5E01853-7048-4D78-9479-9AEE41AC8456", "versionEndExcluding": "6.6.95", "versionStartIncluding": "6.2"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "E569FD34-0076-4428-BE17-EECCF867611C", "versionEndExcluding": "6.12.35", "versionStartIncluding": "6.7"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "DFD174C5-1AA2-4671-BDDC-1A9FCC753655", "versionEndExcluding": "6.15.4", "versionStartIncluding": "6.13"}], "operator": "OR"}]}, {"nodes": [{"negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "FA6FEEC2-9F11-4643-8827-749718254FED"}], "operator": "OR"}]}], "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}