Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: 9p/net: fix improper handling of bogus negative read/write replies In p9_client_write() and p9_client_read_once(), if the server incorrectly replies with success but a negative write/read count then we would consider written (negative) <= rsize (positive) because both variables were signed. Make variables unsigned to avoid this problem. The reproducer linked below now fails with the following error instead of a null pointer deref: 9pnet: bogus RWRITE count (4294967295 > 3)
References (6)
Core 6
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00045.html
Scores
CVSS v3
7.1
EPSS
0.0006
EPSS Percentile
17.1%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-125
Status
published
Products (6)
debian/debian_linux
11.0
linux/Kernel
4.1.0 - 6.1.136linux
linux/Kernel
6.13.0 - 6.14.5linux
linux/Kernel
6.2.0 - 6.6.89linux
linux/Kernel
6.7.0 - 6.12.26linux
linux/linux_kernel
< 6.1.136
Published
May 09, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026