CVE-2025-37824

Description

From CVE.org

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tipc: fix NULL pointer dereference in tipc_mon_reinit_self() syzbot reported: tipc: Node number set to 1055423674 Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc0000000000: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN NOPTI KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000000-0x0000000000000007] CPU: 3 UID: 0 PID: 6017 Comm: kworker/3:5 Not tainted 6.15.0-rc1-syzkaller-00246-g900241a5cc15 #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 Workqueue: events tipc_net_finalize_work RIP: 0010:tipc_mon_reinit_self+0x11c/0x210 net/tipc/monitor.c:719 ... RSP: 0018:ffffc9000356fb68 EFLAGS: 00010246 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 000000003ee87cba RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff8dbc56a7 RDI: ffff88804c2cc010 RBP: dffffc0000000000 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000001 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000000007 R13: fffffbfff2111097 R14: ffff88804ead8000 R15: ffff88804ead9010 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff888097ab9000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00000000f720eb00 CR3: 000000000e182000 CR4: 0000000000352ef0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Call Trace: <TASK> tipc_net_finalize+0x10b/0x180 net/tipc/net.c:140 process_one_work+0x9cc/0x1b70 kernel/workqueue.c:3238 process_scheduled_works kernel/workqueue.c:3319 [inline] worker_thread+0x6c8/0xf10 kernel/workqueue.c:3400 kthread+0x3c2/0x780 kernel/kthread.c:464 ret_from_fork+0x45/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:153 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245 </TASK> ... RIP: 0010:tipc_mon_reinit_self+0x11c/0x210 net/tipc/monitor.c:719 ... RSP: 0018:ffffc9000356fb68 EFLAGS: 00010246 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 000000003ee87cba RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff8dbc56a7 RDI: ffff88804c2cc010 RBP: dffffc0000000000 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000001 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000000007 R13: fffffbfff2111097 R14: ffff88804ead8000 R15: ffff88804ead9010 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff888097ab9000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00000000f720eb00 CR3: 000000000e182000 CR4: 0000000000352ef0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 There is a racing condition between workqueue created when enabling bearer and another thread created when disabling bearer right after that as follow: enabling_bearer | disabling_bearer --------------- | ---------------- tipc_disc_timeout() | { | bearer_disable() ... | { schedule_work(&tn->work); | tipc_mon_delete() ... | { } | ... | write_lock_bh(&mon->lock); | mon->self = NULL; | write_unlock_bh(&mon->lock); | ... | } tipc_net_finalize_work() | } { | ... | tipc_net_finalize() | { | ... | tipc_mon_reinit_self() | { | ... | write_lock_bh(&mon->lock); | mon->self->addr = tipc_own_addr(net); | write_unlock_bh(&mon->lock); | ... ---truncated---

Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Score Details

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CVSS v3 Score Breakdown

Red HatNVDcve.org
Base Score4.75.5N/A
Attack VectorLocalLocalN/A
Attack ComplexityHighLowN/A
Privileges RequiredLowLowN/A
User InteractionNoneNoneN/A
ScopeUnchangedUnchangedN/A
ConfidentialityNoneNoneN/A
Integrity ImpactNoneNoneN/A
Availability ImpactHighHighN/A

Vector

Red Hat: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Understanding the Weakness (CWE)

CWE-476

Availability

Technical Impact: DoS: Crash, Exit, or Restart

NULL pointer dereferences usually result in the failure of the process unless exception handling (on some platforms) is available and implemented. Even when exception handling is being used, it can still be very difficult to return the software to a safe state of operation.

Integrity,Confidentiality

Technical Impact: Execute Unauthorized Code or Commands; Read Memory; Modify Memory

In rare circumstances, when NULL is equivalent to the 0x0 memory address and privileged code can access it, then writing or reading memory is possible, which may lead to code execution.

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