Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mr: consolidate the...
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mr: consolidate the ipmr_can_free_table() checks.
Guoyu Yin reported a splat in the ipmr netns cleanup path:
WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 14564 at net/ipv4/ipmr.c:440 ipmr_free_table net/ipv4/ipmr.c:440 [inline]
WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 14564 at net/ipv4/ipmr.c:440 ipmr_rules_exit+0x135/0x1c0 net/ipv4/ipmr.c:361
Modules linked in:
CPU: 2 UID: 0 PID: 14564 Comm: syz.4.838 Not tainted 6.14.0 #1
Hardware name: QEMU Ubuntu 24.04 PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2 04/01/2014
RIP: 0010:ipmr_free_table net/ipv4/ipmr.c:440 [inline]
RIP: 0010:ipmr_rules_exit+0x135/0x1c0 net/ipv4/ipmr.c:361
Code: ff df 48 c1 ea 03 80 3c 02 00 75 7d 48 c7 83 60 05 00 00 00 00 00 00 5b 5d 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e e9 71 67 7f 00 e8 4c 2d 8a fd 90 <0f> 0b 90 eb 93 e8 41 2d 8a fd 0f b6 2d 80 54 ea 01 31 ff 89 ee e8
RSP: 0018:ffff888109547c58 EFLAGS: 00010293
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff888108c12dc0 RCX: ffffffff83e09868
RDX: ffff8881022b3300 RSI: ffffffff83e098d4 RDI: 0000000000000005
RBP: ffff888104288000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffffed10211825c9
R10: 0000000000000001 R11: ffff88801816c4a0 R12: 0000000000000001
R13: ffff888108c13320 R14: ffff888108c12dc0 R15: fffffbfff0b74058
FS: 00007f84f39316c0(0000) GS:ffff88811b100000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007f84f3930f98 CR3: 0000000113b56000 CR4: 0000000000350ef0
Call Trace:
ipmr_net_exit_batch+0x50/0x90 net/ipv4/ipmr.c:3160
ops_exit_list+0x10c/0x160 net/core/net_namespace.c:177
setup_net+0x47d/0x8e0 net/core/net_namespace.c:394
copy_net_ns+0x25d/0x410 net/core/net_namespace.c:516
create_new_namespaces+0x3f6/0xaf0 kernel/nsproxy.c:110
unshare_nsproxy_namespaces+0xc3/0x180 kernel/nsproxy.c:228
ksys_unshare+0x78d/0x9a0 kernel/fork.c:3342
__do_sys_unshare kernel/fork.c:3413 [inline]
__se_sys_unshare kernel/fork.c:3411 [inline]
__x64_sys_unshare+0x31/0x40 kernel/fork.c:3411
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0xa6/0x1a0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7f84f532cc29
Code: ff ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 40 00 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 a8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007f84f3931038 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000110
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f84f5615fa0 RCX: 00007f84f532cc29
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000040000400
RBP: 00007f84f53fba18 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 00007f84f5615fa0 R15: 00007fff51c5f328
The running kernel has CONFIG_IP_MROUTE_MULTIPLE_TABLES disabled, and
the sanity check for such build is still too loose.
Address the issue consolidating the relevant sanity check in a single
helper regardless of the kernel configuration. Also share it between
the ipv4 and ipv6 code.
Impact
CVE-2025-38032 has a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium). The vector is requires local access, low privileges required, and no user interaction. A CVSS score reflects the worst-case severity of the vulnerability, not your specific exposure. Whether this affects your application depends on whether the vulnerable code is present and reachable in your environment. No fixed version is listed yet, so configuration controls and monitoring matter more in the interim.
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- What is CVE-2025-38032? CVE-2025-38032 is a medium-severity security vulnerability. No fixed version is listed yet.
- How severe is CVE-2025-38032? CVE-2025-38032 has a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium). This score reflects the worst-case severity of the vulnerability, not your specific exposure. Whether it represents real risk in your environment depends on whether the vulnerable code is present and reachable.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2025-38032? No fixed version is listed for CVE-2025-38032 yet. Monitor the advisory for updates and apply mitigations in the interim.
- Is CVE-2025-38032 exploitable, and should I be worried? Whether CVE-2025-38032 is exploitable in your environment depends on whether the vulnerable code is present and reachable. A CVSS score is a worst-case rating; it does not account for your specific deployment, configuration, or usage patterns. Kodem, an Intelligent Application Security platform, uses runtime intelligence to show which vulnerabilities actually execute in production, so you can focus on the ones that represent real risk. Get a demo
- What actually determines whether CVE-2025-38032 is exploitable, and how bad it is? Exploitability and impact are not fixed properties of a CVE. They depend on runtime truth: whether the vulnerable code is present, reachable, and actually executes in your application. A high CVSS score on a dependency that never runs is not the same as real risk. Kodem, an Intelligent Application Security platform, uses runtime intelligence to reveal which vulnerabilities actually execute in production, so teams prioritize the ones that genuinely matter.