CVE-2025-39689

HIGH

Linux Kernel - Use-After-Free in ftrace Filter File Reading

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ftrace: Also allocate and copy hash for reading of filter files Currently the reader of set_ftrace_filter and set_ftrace_notrace just adds the pointer to the global tracer hash to its iterator. Unlike the writer that allocates a copy of the hash, the reader keeps the pointer to the filter hashes. This is problematic because this pointer is static across function calls that release the locks that can update the global tracer hashes. This can cause UAF and similar bugs. Allocate and copy the hash for reading the filter files like it is done for the writers. This not only fixes UAF bugs, but also makes the code a bit simpler as it doesn't have to differentiate when to free the iterator's hash between writers and readers.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0002
EPSS Percentile 6.4%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-416
Status published
Products (28)
debian/debian_linux 11.0
linux/Kernel 4.12.0 - 5.4.297linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.190linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.1.149linux
linux/Kernel 5.5.0 - 5.10.241linux
linux/Kernel 6.13.0 - 6.16.4linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.6.103linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.12.44linux
Linux/Linux < 4.12
Linux/Linux 4.12
... and 18 more
Published Sep 05, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026