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CVE-2025-21727

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A use-after-free vulnerability was identified in the Linux kernel in the padata_reorder function, which may lead to unexpected system behavior. The issue was detected during LTP testing, where a bug related to reading memory after it has been freed occurred.

Risk Assessment

This vulnerability may lead to system instability and potential data leakage, posing a serious security threat to the organization. Exploitation of this flaw by an attacker could result in unauthorized access to memory.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the Linux kernel to the latest version where this vulnerability has been fixed. Additionally, monitoring the system for unauthorized operations may help detect potential attempts to exploit this flaw.

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Original NVD description (English source)

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

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