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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2025-21727): Linux kernel vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2025-21727): Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
02/27/2025
Created
05/21/2025
Added
05/20/2025
Modified
06/03/2025

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: padata: fix UAF in padata_reorder A bug was found when run ltp test: BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in padata_find_next+0x29/0x1a0 Read of size 4 at addr ffff88bbfe003524 by task kworker/u113:2/3039206 CPU: 0 PID: 3039206 Comm: kworker/u113:2 Kdump: loaded Not tainted 6.6.0+ Workqueue: pdecrypt_parallel padata_parallel_worker Call Trace: <TASK> dump_stack_lvl+0x32/0x50 print_address_description.constprop.0+0x6b/0x3d0 print_report+0xdd/0x2c0 kasan_report+0xa5/0xd0 padata_find_next+0x29/0x1a0 padata_reorder+0x131/0x220 padata_parallel_worker+0x3d/0xc0 process_one_work+0x2ec/0x5a0 If 'mdelay(10)' is added before calling 'padata_find_next' in the 'padata_reorder' function, this issue could be reproduced easily with ltp test (pcrypt_aead01). This can be explained as bellow: pcrypt_aead_encrypt ... padata_do_parallel refcount_inc(&pd->refcnt); // add refcnt ... padata_do_serial padata_reorder // pd while (1) { padata_find_next(pd, true); // using pd queue_work_on ... padata_serial_worker crypto_del_alg padata_put_pd_cnt // sub refcnt padata_free_shell padata_put_pd(ps->pd); // pd is freed // loop again, but pd is freed // call padata_find_next, UAF } In the padata_reorder function, when it loops in 'while', if the alg is deleted, the refcnt may be decreased to 0 before entering 'padata_find_next', which leads to UAF. As mentioned in [1], do_serial is supposed to be called with BHs disabled and always happen under RCU protection, to address this issue, add synchronize_rcu() in 'padata_free_shell' wait for all _do_serial calls to finish. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20221028160401.cccypv4euxikusiq@parnassus.localdomain/ [2] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-kernel/jfjz5d7zwbytztackem7ibzalm5lnxldi2eofeiczqmqs2m7o6@fq426cwnjtkm/

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-1026-nvidia-tegra-igx
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-1026-nvidia-tegra-igx-rt
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-1037-nvidia-tegra
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-1037-nvidia-tegra-rt
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-1066-gkeop
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-1076-ibm
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-1077-intel-iot-realtime
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-1078-nvidia
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-1078-nvidia-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-1078-raspi
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-1079-intel-iotg
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-1080-kvm
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-1081-gke
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-1081-oracle
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-1083-gcp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-1083-gcp-fips
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-1084-aws
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-1084-aws-fips
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-1084-realtime
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-1089-azure
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-1089-azure-fips
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-140-fips
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-140-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-140-generic-64k
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-140-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-140-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-140-lowlatency-64k
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-6-11-0-1010-realtime
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-6-11-0-1013-raspi
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-6-11-0-1014-aws
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-6-11-0-1014-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-6-11-0-1014-lowlatency-64k
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-6-11-0-1015-azure
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-6-11-0-1015-azure-fde
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-6-11-0-1015-gcp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-6-11-0-1015-gcp-64k
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-6-11-0-1016-oracle
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-6-11-0-1016-oracle-64k
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-6-11-0-1022-oem
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-6-11-0-26-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-6-11-0-26-generic-64k
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-aws
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-aws-fips
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-aws-lts-22-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-azure
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-azure-cvm
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-azure-fde
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-azure-fips
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-azure-lts-22-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-fips
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-gcp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-gcp-64k
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-gcp-fips
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-gcp-lts-22-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-64k
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-24-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-hwe-24-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-gke
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-gke-5-15
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-gkeop
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-gkeop-5-15
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-ibm
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-intel
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-intel-iot-realtime
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-intel-iotg
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-kvm
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency-64k
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency-64k-hwe-20-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency-64k-hwe-24-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-20-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-24-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-nvidia
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-nvidia-tegra
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-nvidia-tegra-igx
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-nvidia-tegra-igx-rt
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-nvidia-tegra-rt
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-oem-24-04b
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-oracle
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-oracle-64k
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-oracle-lts-22-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-raspi
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-raspi-nolpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-realtime
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-virtual
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-virtual-hwe-24-04

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