CVE Catalog

CVE-2025-38002

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.19%

8th percentile - higher than 8% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the io_uring subsystem lacked the uring_lock when calling io_uring_show_fdinfo(). This function reads SQE fields, which can cause issues when the ring is being resized simultaneously. The fix adds a trylock and returns empty output on failure.

Risk Assessment

This vulnerability could allow reading inconsistent SQE data during ring resize, potentially leading to information disclosure or application errors using io_uring.

Recommendation

Update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix that adds uring_lock protection in io_uring_show_fdinfo().

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: io_uring/fdinfo: grab ctx->uring_lock around io_uring_show_fdinfo() Not everything requires locking in there, which is why the 'has_lock' variable exists. But enough does that it's a bit unwieldy to manage. Wrap the whole thing in a ->uring_lock trylock, and just return with no output if we fail to grab it. The existing trylock() will already have greatly diminished utility/output for the failure case. This fixes an issue with reading the SQE fields, if the ring is being actively resized at the same time.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS