Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: atm: clip: Fix infinite...
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
atm: clip: Fix infinite recursive call of clip_push().
syzbot reported the splat below. [0]
This happens if we call ioctl(ATMARP_MKIP) more than once.
During the first call, clip_mkip() sets clip_push() to vcc->push(),
and the second call copies it to clip_vcc->old_push().
Later, when the socket is close()d, vcc_destroy_socket() passes
NULL skb to clip_push(), which calls clip_vcc->old_push(),
triggering the infinite recursion.
Let's prevent the second ioctl(ATMARP_MKIP) by checking
vcc->user_back, which is allocated by the first call as clip_vcc.
Note also that we use lock_sock() to prevent racy calls.
[0]:
BUG: TASK stack guard page was hit at ffffc9000d66fff8 (stack is ffffc9000d670000..ffffc9000d678000)
Oops: stack guard page: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN NOPTI
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5322 Comm: syz.0.0 Not tainted 6.16.0-rc4-syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full)
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2~bpo12+1 04/01/2014
RIP: 0010:clip_push+0x5/0x720 net/atm/clip.c:191
Code: e0 8f aa 8c e8 1c ad 5b fa eb ae 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 f3 0f 1e fa 55 <41> 57 41 56 41 55 41 54 53 48 83 ec 20 48 89 f3 49 89 fd 48 bd 00
RSP: 0018:ffffc9000d670000 EFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: 1ffff1100235a4a5 RBX: ffff888011ad2508 RCX: ffff8880003c0000
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffff888037f01000
RBP: dffffc0000000000 R08: ffffffff8fa104f7 R09: 1ffffffff1f4209e
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffffff8a99b300 R12: ffffffff8a99b300
R13: ffff888037f01000 R14: ffff888011ad2500 R15: ffff888037f01578
FS: 000055557ab6d500(0000) GS:ffff88808d250000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: ffffc9000d66fff8 CR3: 0000000043172000 CR4: 0000000000352ef0
Call Trace:
clip_push+0x6dc/0x720 net/atm/clip.c:200
clip_push+0x6dc/0x720 net/atm/clip.c:200
clip_push+0x6dc/0x720 net/atm/clip.c:200
...
clip_push+0x6dc/0x720 net/atm/clip.c:200
clip_push+0x6dc/0x720 net/atm/clip.c:200
clip_push+0x6dc/0x720 net/atm/clip.c:200
vcc_destroy_socket net/atm/common.c:183 [inline]
vcc_release+0x157/0x460 net/atm/common.c:205
__sock_release net/socket.c:647 [inline]
sock_close+0xc0/0x240 net/socket.c:1391
__fput+0x449/0xa70 fs/file_table.c:465
task_work_run+0x1d1/0x260 kernel/task_work.c:227
resume_user_mode_work include/linux/resume_user_mode.h:50 [inline]
exit_to_user_mode_loop+0xec/0x110 kernel/entry/common.c:114
exit_to_user_mode_prepare include/linux/entry-common.h:330 [inline]
syscall_exit_to_user_mode_work include/linux/entry-common.h:414 [inline]
syscall_exit_to_user_mode include/linux/entry-common.h:449 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x2bd/0x3b0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:100
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7ff31c98e929
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:00007fffb5aa1f78 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000001b4
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000012747 RCX: 00007ff31c98e929
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 000000000000001e RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 00007ff31cbb7ba0 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000db5aa226f
R10: 00007ff31c7ff030 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00007ff31cbb608c
R13: 00007ff31cbb6080 R14: ffffffffffffffff R15: 00007fffb5aa2090
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CVE-2025-38459 has a CVSS score of 7.8 (High). 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-2025-38459? CVE-2025-38459 is a high-severity security vulnerability. No fixed version is listed yet.
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