CVE-2025-39877

HIGH

Linux Kernel - Use-After-Free in state_show() via Race Condition

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/damon/sysfs: fix use-after-free in state_show() state_show() reads kdamond->damon_ctx without holding damon_sysfs_lock. This allows a use-after-free race: CPU 0 CPU 1 ----- ----- state_show() damon_sysfs_turn_damon_on() ctx = kdamond->damon_ctx; mutex_lock(&damon_sysfs_lock); damon_destroy_ctx(kdamond->damon_ctx); kdamond->damon_ctx = NULL; mutex_unlock(&damon_sysfs_lock); damon_is_running(ctx); /* ctx is freed */ mutex_lock(&ctx->kdamond_lock); /* UAF */ (The race can also occur with damon_sysfs_kdamonds_rm_dirs() and damon_sysfs_kdamond_release(), which free or replace the context under damon_sysfs_lock.) Fix by taking damon_sysfs_lock before dereferencing the context, mirroring the locking used in pid_show(). The bug has existed since state_show() first accessed kdamond->damon_ctx.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0002
EPSS Percentile 5.5%
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 (19)
debian/debian_linux 11.0
linux/Kernel 5.18.0 - 6.1.153linux
linux/Kernel 6.13.0 - 6.16.8linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.6.107linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.12.48linux
Linux/Linux < 5.18
Linux/Linux 5.18
Linux/Linux 6.1.153 - 6.1.*
Linux/Linux 6.12.48 - 6.12.*
Linux/Linux 6.16.8 - 6.16.*
... and 9 more
Published Sep 23, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026