CVE-2025-38074

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel - Use-After-Free in vhost-scsi Completion Path

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vhost-scsi: protect vq->log_used with vq->mutex The vhost-scsi completion path may access vq->log_base when vq->log_used is already set to false. vhost-thread QEMU-thread vhost_scsi_complete_cmd_work() -> vhost_add_used() -> vhost_add_used_n() if (unlikely(vq->log_used)) QEMU disables vq->log_used via VHOST_SET_VRING_ADDR. mutex_lock(&vq->mutex); vq->log_used = false now! mutex_unlock(&vq->mutex); QEMU gfree(vq->log_base) log_used() -> log_write(vq->log_base) Assuming the VMM is QEMU. The vq->log_base is from QEMU userpace and can be reclaimed via gfree(). As a result, this causes invalid memory writes to QEMU userspace. The control queue path has the same issue.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0008
EPSS Percentile 23.7%
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 (25)
debian/debian_linux 11.0
linux/Kernel 3.6.0 - 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 - 6.6.93linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.12.31linux
Linux/Linux < 3.6
Linux/Linux 057cbf49a1f08297877e46c82f707b1bfea806a8 - 59614c5acf6688f7af3c245d359082c0e9e53117
Linux/Linux 057cbf49a1f08297877e46c82f707b1bfea806a8 - 80cf68489681c165ded460930e391b1eb37b5f6f
... and 15 more
Published Jun 18, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026