{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2025-38666", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2025-04-16T04:51:24.031Z", "datePublished": "2025-08-22T16:02:58.144Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T21:32:37.617Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T21:32:37.617Z" }, "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: appletalk: Fix use-after-free in AARP proxy probe\n\nThe AARP proxy‐probe routine (aarp_proxy_probe_network) sends a probe,\nreleases the aarp_lock, sleeps, then re-acquires the lock. During that\nwindow an expire timer thread (__aarp_expire_timer) can remove and\nkfree() the same entry, leading to a use-after-free.\n\nrace condition:\n\n cpu 0 | cpu 1\n atalk_sendmsg() | atif_proxy_probe_device()\n aarp_send_ddp() | aarp_proxy_probe_network()\n mod_timer() | lock(aarp_lock) // LOCK!!\n timeout around 200ms | alloc(aarp_entry)\n and then call | proxies[hash] = aarp_entry\n aarp_expire_timeout() | aarp_send_probe()\n | unlock(aarp_lock) // UNLOCK!!\n lock(aarp_lock) // LOCK!! | msleep(100);\n __aarp_expire_timer(&proxies[ct]) |\n free(aarp_entry) |\n unlock(aarp_lock) // UNLOCK!! |\n | lock(aarp_lock) // LOCK!!\n | UAF aarp_entry !!\n\n==================================================================\nBUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in aarp_proxy_probe_network+0x560/0x630 net/appletalk/aarp.c:493\nRead of size 4 at addr ffff8880123aa360 by task repro/13278\n\nCPU: 3 UID: 0 PID: 13278 Comm: repro Not tainted 6.15.2 #3 PREEMPT(full)\nCall Trace:\n \n __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:94 [inline]\n dump_stack_lvl+0x116/0x1b0 lib/dump_stack.c:120\n print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:408 [inline]\n print_report+0xc1/0x630 mm/kasan/report.c:521\n kasan_report+0xca/0x100 mm/kasan/report.c:634\n aarp_proxy_probe_network+0x560/0x630 net/appletalk/aarp.c:493\n atif_proxy_probe_device net/appletalk/ddp.c:332 [inline]\n atif_ioctl+0xb58/0x16c0 net/appletalk/ddp.c:857\n atalk_ioctl+0x198/0x2f0 net/appletalk/ddp.c:1818\n sock_do_ioctl+0xdc/0x260 net/socket.c:1190\n sock_ioctl+0x239/0x6a0 net/socket.c:1311\n vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]\n __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:906 [inline]\n __se_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:892 [inline]\n __x64_sys_ioctl+0x194/0x200 fs/ioctl.c:892\n do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]\n do_syscall_64+0xcb/0x250 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f\n \n\nAllocated:\n aarp_alloc net/appletalk/aarp.c:382 [inline]\n aarp_proxy_probe_network+0xd8/0x630 net/appletalk/aarp.c:468\n atif_proxy_probe_device net/appletalk/ddp.c:332 [inline]\n atif_ioctl+0xb58/0x16c0 net/appletalk/ddp.c:857\n atalk_ioctl+0x198/0x2f0 net/appletalk/ddp.c:1818\n\nFreed:\n kfree+0x148/0x4d0 mm/slub.c:4841\n __aarp_expire net/appletalk/aarp.c:90 [inline]\n __aarp_expire_timer net/appletalk/aarp.c:261 [inline]\n aarp_expire_timeout+0x480/0x6e0 net/appletalk/aarp.c:317\n\nThe buggy address belongs to the object at ffff8880123aa300\n which belongs to the cache kmalloc-192 of size 192\nThe buggy address is located 96 bytes inside of\n freed 192-byte region [ffff8880123aa300, ffff8880123aa3c0)\n\nMemory state around the buggy address:\n ffff8880123aa200: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00\n ffff8880123aa280: 00 00 00 00 fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc\n>ffff8880123aa300: fa fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb\n ^\n ffff8880123aa380: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc\n ffff8880123aa400: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00\n==================================================================" } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "net/appletalk/aarp.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2", "lessThan": "b35694ffabb2af308a1f725d70f60fd8a47d1f3e", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2", "lessThan": "82d19a70ced28b17a38ebf1b6978c6c7db894979", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2", "lessThan": "186942d19c0222617ef61f50e1dba91e269a5963", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2", "lessThan": "2a6209e4649d45fd85d4193abc481911858ffc6f", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2", 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"references": [ { "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html" }, { "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html" } ], "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "shortName": "CVE", "dateUpdated": "2025-11-03T17:40:53.180Z" } } ] } }