In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
vsock: Orphan socket after transport release
During socket release, sock_orphan() is called without considering that it
sets sk->sk_wq to NULL. Later, if SO_LINGER is enabled, this leads to a
null pointer dereferenced in virtio_transport_wait_close().
Orphan the socket only after transport release.
Partially reverts the 'Fixes:' commit.
KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000018-0x000000000000001f]
lock_acquire+0x19e/0x500
_raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x47/0x70
add_wait_queue+0x46/0x230
virtio_transport_release+0x4e7/0x7f0
__vsock_release+0xfd/0x490
vsock_release+0x90/0x120
__sock_release+0xa3/0x250
sock_close+0x14/0x20
__fput+0x35e/0xa90
__x64_sys_close+0x78/0xd0
do_syscall_64+0x93/0x1b0
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e
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Weaknesses | CWE-476 | |
CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vsock: Orphan socket after transport release During socket release, sock_orphan() is called without considering that it sets sk->sk_wq to NULL. Later, if SO_LINGER is enabled, this leads to a null pointer dereferenced in virtio_transport_wait_close(). Orphan the socket only after transport release. Partially reverts the 'Fixes:' commit. KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000018-0x000000000000001f] lock_acquire+0x19e/0x500 _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x47/0x70 add_wait_queue+0x46/0x230 virtio_transport_release+0x4e7/0x7f0 __vsock_release+0xfd/0x490 vsock_release+0x90/0x120 __sock_release+0xa3/0x250 sock_close+0x14/0x20 __fput+0x35e/0xa90 __x64_sys_close+0x78/0xd0 do_syscall_64+0x93/0x1b0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e | |
Title | vsock: Orphan socket after transport release | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published: 2025-02-27T02:18:11.055Z
Updated: 2025-03-13T12:28:26.152Z
Reserved: 2024-12-29T08:45:45.760Z
Link: CVE-2025-21755

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Status : Modified
Published: 2025-02-27T03:15:16.150
Modified: 2025-03-13T13:15:52.260
Link: CVE-2025-21755
