CVE Catalog

CVE-2025-39698

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.18%

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

Summary

In the Linux kernel, in the io_uring/futex subsystem, there is a vulnerability due to improper cleanup of async_data on failure in io_futex_wait(). The REQ_F_ASYNC_DATA flag is not set, and data is not cleared after an error, potentially leading to use of uninitialized memory.

Risk Assessment

An attacker could exploit this vulnerability for privilege escalation or kernel information leak by manipulating the internal state of io_uring.

Recommendation

Apply the Linux kernel patch addressing CVE-2025-39698, which ensures proper cleanup of async_data and setting of the REQ_F_ASYNC_DATA flag.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: io_uring/futex: ensure io_futex_wait() cleans up properly on failure The io_futex_data is allocated upfront and assigned to the io_kiocb async_data field, but the request isn't marked with REQ_F_ASYNC_DATA at that point. Those two should always go together, as the flag tells io_uring whether the field is valid or not. Additionally, on failure cleanup, the futex handler frees the data but does not clear ->async_data. Clear the data and the flag in the error path as well. Thanks to Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative and particularly ReDress for reporting this.

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