CVE-2025-71070

Linux Kernel 6.15-6.18.2 - Use-After-Free in ublk Request Reference Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ublk: clean up user copy references on ublk server exit If a ublk server process releases a ublk char device file, any requests dispatched to the ublk server but not yet completed will retain a ref value of UBLK_REFCOUNT_INIT. Before commit e63d2228ef83 ("ublk: simplify aborting ublk request"), __ublk_fail_req() would decrement the reference count before completing the failed request. However, that commit optimized __ublk_fail_req() to call __ublk_complete_rq() directly without decrementing the request reference count. The leaked reference count incorrectly allows user copy and zero copy operations on the completed ublk request. It also triggers the WARN_ON_ONCE(refcount_read(&io->ref)) warnings in ublk_queue_reinit() and ublk_deinit_queue(). Commit c5c5eb24ed61 ("ublk: avoid ublk_io_release() called after ublk char dev is closed") already fixed the issue for ublk devices using UBLK_F_SUPPORT_ZERO_COPY or UBLK_F_AUTO_BUF_REG. However, the reference count leak also affects UBLK_F_USER_COPY, the other reference-counted data copy mode. Fix the condition in ublk_check_and_reset_active_ref() to include all reference-counted data copy modes. This ensures that any ublk requests still owned by the ublk server when it exits have their reference counts reset to 0.

Scores

EPSS 0.0003
EPSS Percentile 10.7%

Details

Status published
Products (9)
linux/Kernel 6.15.0 - 6.18.3linux
Linux/Linux < 6.15
Linux/Linux 6.14.6 - 6.15
Linux/Linux 6.15
Linux/Linux 6.18.3 - 6.18.*
Linux/Linux 6.19
Linux/Linux e537193fc4a43b48ac51cc6366319e15e32dd540
Linux/Linux e63d2228ef831af36f963b3ab8604160cfff84c1 - 13456b4f1033d911f8bf3a0a1195656f293ba0f6
Linux/Linux e63d2228ef831af36f963b3ab8604160cfff84c1 - daa24603d9f0808929514ee62ced30052ca7221c
Published Jan 13, 2026
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026