CVE-2025-38067

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel - Use-After-Free in rseq Registration

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rseq: Fix segfault on registration when rseq_cs is non-zero The rseq_cs field is documented as being set to 0 by user-space prior to registration, however this is not currently enforced by the kernel. This can result in a segfault on return to user-space if the value stored in the rseq_cs field doesn't point to a valid struct rseq_cs. The correct solution to this would be to fail the rseq registration when the rseq_cs field is non-zero. However, some older versions of glibc will reuse the rseq area of previous threads without clearing the rseq_cs field and will also terminate the process if the rseq registration fails in a secondary thread. This wasn't caught in testing because in this case the leftover rseq_cs does point to a valid struct rseq_cs. What we can do is clear the rseq_cs field on registration when it's non-zero which will prevent segfaults on registration and won't break the glibc versions that reuse rseq areas on thread creation.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0013
EPSS Percentile 31.8%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

Status published
Products (24)
debian/debian_linux 11.0
linux/Kernel 4.18.0 - 5.10.240linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.189linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.1.146linux
linux/Kernel 6.13.0 - 6.14.9linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.6.99linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.12.39linux
Linux/Linux < 4.18
Linux/Linux 4.18
Linux/Linux 5.10.240 - 5.10.*
... and 14 more
Published Jun 18, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026