{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2025-38023", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2025-04-16T04:51:23.977Z", "datePublished": "2025-06-18T09:28:29.991Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T21:19:49.179Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T21:19:49.179Z" }, "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnfs: handle failure of nfs_get_lock_context in unlock path\n\nWhen memory is insufficient, the allocation of nfs_lock_context in\nnfs_get_lock_context() fails and returns -ENOMEM. If we mistakenly treat\nan nfs4_unlockdata structure (whose l_ctx member has been set to -ENOMEM)\nas valid and proceed to execute rpc_run_task(), this will trigger a NULL\npointer dereference in nfs4_locku_prepare. For example:\n\nBUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 000000000000000c\nPGD 0 P4D 0\nOops: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP PTI\nCPU: 15 UID: 0 PID: 12 Comm: kworker/u64:0 Not tainted 6.15.0-rc2-dirty #60\nHardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.16.3-2.fc40\nWorkqueue: rpciod rpc_async_schedule\nRIP: 0010:nfs4_locku_prepare+0x35/0xc2\nCode: 89 f2 48 89 fd 48 c7 c7 68 69 ef b5 53 48 8b 8e 90 00 00 00 48 89 f3\nRSP: 0018:ffffbbafc006bdb8 EFLAGS: 00010246\nRAX: 000000000000004b RBX: ffff9b964fc1fa00 RCX: 0000000000000000\nRDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: fffffffffffffff4 RDI: ffff9ba53fddbf40\nRBP: ffff9ba539934000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffffbbafc006bc38\nR10: ffffffffb6b689c8 R11: 0000000000000003 R12: ffff9ba539934030\nR13: 0000000000000001 R14: 0000000004248060 R15: ffffffffb56d1c30\nFS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff9ba5881f0000(0000) knlGS:00000000\nCS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\nCR2: 000000000000000c CR3: 000000093f244000 CR4: 00000000000006f0\nCall Trace:\n \n __rpc_execute+0xbc/0x480\n rpc_async_schedule+0x2f/0x40\n process_one_work+0x232/0x5d0\n worker_thread+0x1da/0x3d0\n ? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10\n kthread+0x10d/0x240\n ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10\n ret_from_fork+0x34/0x50\n ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10\n ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30\n \nModules linked in:\nCR2: 000000000000000c\n---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---\n\nFree the allocated nfs4_unlockdata when nfs_get_lock_context() fails and\nreturn NULL to terminate subsequent rpc_run_task, preventing NULL pointer\ndereference." } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "f30cb757f680f965ba8a2e53cb3588052a01aeb5", "lessThan": "db6f5ee1fc8f54d079d0751292c2fc2d78e3aad1", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "f30cb757f680f965ba8a2e53cb3588052a01aeb5", "lessThan": "4c189fd40a09a03f9a900bedb2d9064f1734d72a", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "f30cb757f680f965ba8a2e53cb3588052a01aeb5", "lessThan": "72f552e00c50f265896d3c19edc6696aa2910081", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "f30cb757f680f965ba8a2e53cb3588052a01aeb5", "lessThan": "85fb7f8ca5f8c138579fdfc9b97b3083e6077d40", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "f30cb757f680f965ba8a2e53cb3588052a01aeb5", "lessThan": "a6879a076b98c99c9fe747816fe1c29543442441", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "f30cb757f680f965ba8a2e53cb3588052a01aeb5", "lessThan": "da824f1271633bcb515ca8084cda3eda4b3ace51", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "f30cb757f680f965ba8a2e53cb3588052a01aeb5", "lessThan": "f601960af04d2ecb007c928ba153d34051acd9c1", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "f30cb757f680f965ba8a2e53cb3588052a01aeb5", 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