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CVE-2025-38106 (GCVE-0-2025-38106)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-07-03 08:35 – Updated: 2026-08-05 11:59
VLAI
Title
io_uring: fix use-after-free of sq->thread in __io_uring_show_fdinfo()
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: io_uring: fix use-after-free of sq->thread in __io_uring_show_fdinfo() syzbot reports: BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in getrusage+0x1109/0x1a60 Read of size 8 at addr ffff88810de2d2c8 by task a.out/304 CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 304 Comm: a.out Not tainted 6.16.0-rc1 #1 PREEMPT(voluntary) Hardware name: QEMU Ubuntu 24.04 PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2 04/01/2014 Call Trace: <TASK> dump_stack_lvl+0x53/0x70 print_report+0xd0/0x670 ? __pfx__raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x10/0x10 ? getrusage+0x1109/0x1a60 kasan_report+0xce/0x100 ? getrusage+0x1109/0x1a60 getrusage+0x1109/0x1a60 ? __pfx_getrusage+0x10/0x10 __io_uring_show_fdinfo+0x9fe/0x1790 ? ksys_read+0xf7/0x1c0 ? do_syscall_64+0xa4/0x260 ? vsnprintf+0x591/0x1100 ? __pfx___io_uring_show_fdinfo+0x10/0x10 ? __pfx_vsnprintf+0x10/0x10 ? mutex_trylock+0xcf/0x130 ? __pfx_mutex_trylock+0x10/0x10 ? __pfx_show_fd_locks+0x10/0x10 ? io_uring_show_fdinfo+0x57/0x80 io_uring_show_fdinfo+0x57/0x80 seq_show+0x38c/0x690 seq_read_iter+0x3f7/0x1180 ? inode_set_ctime_current+0x160/0x4b0 seq_read+0x271/0x3e0 ? __pfx_seq_read+0x10/0x10 ? __pfx__raw_spin_lock+0x10/0x10 ? __mark_inode_dirty+0x402/0x810 ? selinux_file_permission+0x368/0x500 ? file_update_time+0x10f/0x160 vfs_read+0x177/0xa40 ? __pfx___handle_mm_fault+0x10/0x10 ? __pfx_vfs_read+0x10/0x10 ? mutex_lock+0x81/0xe0 ? __pfx_mutex_lock+0x10/0x10 ? fdget_pos+0x24d/0x4b0 ksys_read+0xf7/0x1c0 ? __pfx_ksys_read+0x10/0x10 ? do_user_addr_fault+0x43b/0x9c0 do_syscall_64+0xa4/0x260 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f RIP: 0033:0x7f0f74170fc9 Code: 00 c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 8b 8 RSP: 002b:00007fffece049e8 EFLAGS: 00000206 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000000 RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 00007f0f74170fc9 RDX: 0000000000001000 RSI: 00007fffece049f0 RDI: 0000000000000004 RBP: 00007fffece05ad0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 00007fffece04d90 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000206 R12: 00005651720a1100 R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000 </TASK> Allocated by task 298: kasan_save_stack+0x33/0x60 kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30 __kasan_slab_alloc+0x6e/0x70 kmem_cache_alloc_node_noprof+0xe8/0x330 copy_process+0x376/0x5e00 create_io_thread+0xab/0xf0 io_sq_offload_create+0x9ed/0xf20 io_uring_setup+0x12b0/0x1cc0 do_syscall_64+0xa4/0x260 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f Freed by task 22: kasan_save_stack+0x33/0x60 kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30 kasan_save_free_info+0x3b/0x60 __kasan_slab_free+0x37/0x50 kmem_cache_free+0xc4/0x360 rcu_core+0x5ff/0x19f0 handle_softirqs+0x18c/0x530 run_ksoftirqd+0x20/0x30 smpboot_thread_fn+0x287/0x6c0 kthread+0x30d/0x630 ret_from_fork+0xef/0x1a0 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 Last potentially related work creation: kasan_save_stack+0x33/0x60 kasan_record_aux_stack+0x8c/0xa0 __call_rcu_common.constprop.0+0x68/0x940 __schedule+0xff2/0x2930 __cond_resched+0x4c/0x80 mutex_lock+0x5c/0xe0 io_uring_del_tctx_node+0xe1/0x2b0 io_uring_clean_tctx+0xb7/0x160 io_uring_cancel_generic+0x34e/0x760 do_exit+0x240/0x2350 do_group_exit+0xab/0x220 __x64_sys_exit_group+0x39/0x40 x64_sys_call+0x1243/0x1840 do_syscall_64+0xa4/0x260 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff88810de2cb00 which belongs to the cache task_struct of size 3712 The buggy address is located 1992 bytes inside of freed 3712-byte region [ffff88810de2cb00, ffff88810de2d980) which is caused by the task_struct pointed to by sq->thread being released while it is being used in the function __io_uring_show_fdinfo(). Holding ctx->uring_lock does not prevent ehre relase or exit of sq->thread. Fix this by assigning and looking up ->thread under RCU, and grabbing a reference to the task_struct. This e ---truncated---
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-06-10 20:40 UTC
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: 3fcb9d17206e31630f802a3ab52081d1342b8ed9 , < af8c13f9ee040b9a287ba246cf0055f7c77b7cc8 (git)
Affected: 3fcb9d17206e31630f802a3ab52081d1342b8ed9 , < d0932758a0a77b38ba1b39564f3b7aba12407061 (git)
Affected: 3fcb9d17206e31630f802a3ab52081d1342b8ed9 , < ac0b8b327a5677dc6fecdf353d808161525b1ff0 (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 6.9
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.9 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.34 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.15.3 , ≤ 6.15.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.16 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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            "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nio_uring: fix use-after-free of sq-\u003ethread in __io_uring_show_fdinfo()\n\nsyzbot reports:\n\nBUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in getrusage+0x1109/0x1a60\nRead of size 8 at addr ffff88810de2d2c8 by task a.out/304\n\nCPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 304 Comm: a.out Not tainted 6.16.0-rc1 #1 PREEMPT(voluntary)\nHardware name: QEMU Ubuntu 24.04 PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2 04/01/2014\nCall Trace:\n \u003cTASK\u003e\n dump_stack_lvl+0x53/0x70\n print_report+0xd0/0x670\n ? __pfx__raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x10/0x10\n ? getrusage+0x1109/0x1a60\n kasan_report+0xce/0x100\n ? getrusage+0x1109/0x1a60\n getrusage+0x1109/0x1a60\n ? __pfx_getrusage+0x10/0x10\n __io_uring_show_fdinfo+0x9fe/0x1790\n ? ksys_read+0xf7/0x1c0\n ? do_syscall_64+0xa4/0x260\n ? vsnprintf+0x591/0x1100\n ? __pfx___io_uring_show_fdinfo+0x10/0x10\n ? __pfx_vsnprintf+0x10/0x10\n ? mutex_trylock+0xcf/0x130\n ? __pfx_mutex_trylock+0x10/0x10\n ? __pfx_show_fd_locks+0x10/0x10\n ? io_uring_show_fdinfo+0x57/0x80\n io_uring_show_fdinfo+0x57/0x80\n seq_show+0x38c/0x690\n seq_read_iter+0x3f7/0x1180\n ? inode_set_ctime_current+0x160/0x4b0\n seq_read+0x271/0x3e0\n ? __pfx_seq_read+0x10/0x10\n ? __pfx__raw_spin_lock+0x10/0x10\n ? __mark_inode_dirty+0x402/0x810\n ? selinux_file_permission+0x368/0x500\n ? file_update_time+0x10f/0x160\n vfs_read+0x177/0xa40\n ? __pfx___handle_mm_fault+0x10/0x10\n ? __pfx_vfs_read+0x10/0x10\n ? mutex_lock+0x81/0xe0\n ? __pfx_mutex_lock+0x10/0x10\n ? fdget_pos+0x24d/0x4b0\n ksys_read+0xf7/0x1c0\n ? __pfx_ksys_read+0x10/0x10\n ? do_user_addr_fault+0x43b/0x9c0\n do_syscall_64+0xa4/0x260\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f\nRIP: 0033:0x7f0f74170fc9\nCode: 00 c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 \u003c48\u003e 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 8b 8\nRSP: 002b:00007fffece049e8 EFLAGS: 00000206 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000000\nRAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 00007f0f74170fc9\nRDX: 0000000000001000 RSI: 00007fffece049f0 RDI: 0000000000000004\nRBP: 00007fffece05ad0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 00007fffece04d90\nR10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000206 R12: 00005651720a1100\nR13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000\n \u003c/TASK\u003e\n\nAllocated by task 298:\n kasan_save_stack+0x33/0x60\n kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30\n __kasan_slab_alloc+0x6e/0x70\n kmem_cache_alloc_node_noprof+0xe8/0x330\n copy_process+0x376/0x5e00\n create_io_thread+0xab/0xf0\n io_sq_offload_create+0x9ed/0xf20\n io_uring_setup+0x12b0/0x1cc0\n do_syscall_64+0xa4/0x260\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f\n\nFreed by task 22:\n kasan_save_stack+0x33/0x60\n kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30\n kasan_save_free_info+0x3b/0x60\n __kasan_slab_free+0x37/0x50\n kmem_cache_free+0xc4/0x360\n rcu_core+0x5ff/0x19f0\n handle_softirqs+0x18c/0x530\n run_ksoftirqd+0x20/0x30\n smpboot_thread_fn+0x287/0x6c0\n kthread+0x30d/0x630\n ret_from_fork+0xef/0x1a0\n ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30\n\nLast potentially related work creation:\n kasan_save_stack+0x33/0x60\n kasan_record_aux_stack+0x8c/0xa0\n __call_rcu_common.constprop.0+0x68/0x940\n __schedule+0xff2/0x2930\n __cond_resched+0x4c/0x80\n mutex_lock+0x5c/0xe0\n io_uring_del_tctx_node+0xe1/0x2b0\n io_uring_clean_tctx+0xb7/0x160\n io_uring_cancel_generic+0x34e/0x760\n do_exit+0x240/0x2350\n do_group_exit+0xab/0x220\n __x64_sys_exit_group+0x39/0x40\n x64_sys_call+0x1243/0x1840\n do_syscall_64+0xa4/0x260\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f\n\nThe buggy address belongs to the object at ffff88810de2cb00\n which belongs to the cache task_struct of size 3712\nThe buggy address is located 1992 bytes inside of\n freed 3712-byte region [ffff88810de2cb00, ffff88810de2d980)\n\nwhich is caused by the task_struct pointed to by sq-\u003ethread being\nreleased while it is being used in the function\n__io_uring_show_fdinfo(). Holding ctx-\u003euring_lock does not prevent ehre\nrelase or exit of sq-\u003ethread.\n\nFix this by assigning and looking up -\u003ethread under RCU, and grabbing a\nreference to the task_struct. This e\n---truncated---"
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            "value": "En el kernel de Linux, se ha resuelto la siguiente vulnerabilidad: io_uring: correcci\u00f3n del use-after-free de sq-\u0026gt;thread en __io_uring_show_fdinfo() syzbot informa: ERROR: KASAN: slab-use-after-free en getrusage+0x1109/0x1a60 Lectura de tama\u00f1o 8 en la direcci\u00f3n ffff88810de2d2c8 por la tarea a.out/304 CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 304 Comm: a.out No contaminado 6.16.0-rc1 #1 PREEMPT(voluntario) Nombre del hardware: QEMU Ubuntu 24.04 PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2 01/04/2014 Rastreo de llamadas:   dump_stack_lvl+0x53/0x70 print_report+0xd0/0x670 ? __pfx__raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x10/0x10 ? getrusage+0x1109/0x1a60 kasan_report+0xce/0x100 ? getrusage+0x1109/0x1a60 getrusage+0x1109/0x1a60 ? __pfx_getrusage+0x10/0x10 __io_uring_show_fdinfo+0x9fe/0x1790 ? ksys_read+0xf7/0x1c0 ? do_syscall_64+0xa4/0x260 ? vsnprintf+0x591/0x1100 ? __pfx___io_uring_show_fdinfo+0x10/0x10 ? __pfx_vsnprintf+0x10/0x10 ? mutex_trylock+0xcf/0x130 ? __pfx_mutex_trylock+0x10/0x10 ? __pfx_show_fd_locks+0x10/0x10 ? io_uring_show_fdinfo+0x57/0x80 io_uring_show_fdinfo+0x57/0x80 seq_show+0x38c/0x690 seq_read_iter+0x3f7/0x1180 ? inode_set_ctime_current+0x160/0x4b0 seq_read+0x271/0x3e0 ? __pfx_seq_read+0x10/0x10 ? __pfx__raw_spin_lock+0x10/0x10 ? __mark_inode_dirty+0x402/0x810 ? selinux_file_permission+0x368/0x500 ? file_update_time+0x10f/0x160 vfs_read+0x177/0xa40 ? __pfx___handle_mm_fault+0x10/0x10 ? __pfx_vfs_read+0x10/0x10 ? mutex_lock+0x81/0xe0 ? __pfx_mutex_lock+0x10/0x10 ? fdget_pos+0x24d/0x4b0 ksys_read+0xf7/0x1c0 ? __pfx_ksys_read+0x10/0x10 ? do_user_addr_fault+0x43b/0x9c0 do_syscall_64+0xa4/0x260 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f RIP: 0033:0x7f0f74170fc9 Code: 00 c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 \u0026lt;48\u0026gt; 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 8b 8 RSP: 002b:00007fffece049e8 EFLAGS: 00000206 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000000 RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 00007f0f74170fc9 RDX: 0000000000001000 RSI: 00007fffece049f0 RDI: 0000000000000004 RBP: 00007fffece05ad0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 00007fffece04d90 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000206 R12: 00005651720a1100 R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000  Allocated by task 298: kasan_save_stack+0x33/0x60 kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30 __kasan_slab_alloc+0x6e/0x70 kmem_cache_alloc_node_noprof+0xe8/0x330 copy_process+0x376/0x5e00 create_io_thread+0xab/0xf0 io_sq_offload_create+0x9ed/0xf20 io_uring_setup+0x12b0/0x1cc0 do_syscall_64+0xa4/0x260 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f Freed by task 22: kasan_save_stack+0x33/0x60 kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30 kasan_save_free_info+0x3b/0x60 __kasan_slab_free+0x37/0x50 kmem_cache_free+0xc4/0x360 rcu_core+0x5ff/0x19f0 handle_softirqs+0x18c/0x530 run_ksoftirqd+0x20/0x30 smpboot_thread_fn+0x287/0x6c0 kthread+0x30d/0x630 ret_from_fork+0xef/0x1a0 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 Last potentially related work creation: kasan_save_stack+0x33/0x60 kasan_record_aux_stack+0x8c/0xa0 __call_rcu_common.constprop.0+0x68/0x940 __schedule+0xff2/0x2930 __cond_resched+0x4c/0x80 mutex_lock+0x5c/0xe0 io_uring_del_tctx_node+0xe1/0x2b0 io_uring_clean_tctx+0xb7/0x160 io_uring_cancel_generic+0x34e/0x760 do_exit+0x240/0x2350 do_group_exit+0xab/0x220 __x64_sys_exit_group+0x39/0x40 x64_sys_call+0x1243/0x1840 do_syscall_64+0xa4/0x260 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f La direcci\u00f3n con errores pertenece al objeto en ffff88810de2cb00 que pertenece a la cach\u00e9 task_struct de tama\u00f1o 3712 La direcci\u00f3n con errores se encuentra 1992 bytes dentro de la regi\u00f3n liberada de 3712 bytes [ffff88810de2cb00, ffff88810de2d980) que es causada por task_struct Al que apunta sq-\u0026gt;thread, se libera mientras se usa en la funci\u00f3n __io_uring_show_fdinfo(). Mantener ctx-\u0026gt;uring_lock no impide la liberaci\u00f3n ni la salida de sq-\u0026gt;thread. Solucione esto asignando y buscando -\u0026gt;thread en RCU, y obteniendo una referencia a task_struct. Esto se trunca."
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              "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nio_uring: fix use-after-free of sq-\u003ethread in __io_uring_show_fdinfo()\n\nsyzbot reports:\n\nBUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in getrusage+0x1109/0x1a60\nRead of size 8 at addr ffff88810de2d2c8 by task a.out/304\n\nCPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 304 Comm: a.out Not tainted 6.16.0-rc1 #1 PREEMPT(voluntary)\nHardware name: QEMU Ubuntu 24.04 PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2 04/01/2014\nCall Trace:\n \u003cTASK\u003e\n dump_stack_lvl+0x53/0x70\n print_report+0xd0/0x670\n ? __pfx__raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x10/0x10\n ? getrusage+0x1109/0x1a60\n kasan_report+0xce/0x100\n ? getrusage+0x1109/0x1a60\n getrusage+0x1109/0x1a60\n ? __pfx_getrusage+0x10/0x10\n __io_uring_show_fdinfo+0x9fe/0x1790\n ? ksys_read+0xf7/0x1c0\n ? do_syscall_64+0xa4/0x260\n ? vsnprintf+0x591/0x1100\n ? __pfx___io_uring_show_fdinfo+0x10/0x10\n ? __pfx_vsnprintf+0x10/0x10\n ? mutex_trylock+0xcf/0x130\n ? __pfx_mutex_trylock+0x10/0x10\n ? __pfx_show_fd_locks+0x10/0x10\n ? io_uring_show_fdinfo+0x57/0x80\n io_uring_show_fdinfo+0x57/0x80\n seq_show+0x38c/0x690\n seq_read_iter+0x3f7/0x1180\n ? inode_set_ctime_current+0x160/0x4b0\n seq_read+0x271/0x3e0\n ? __pfx_seq_read+0x10/0x10\n ? __pfx__raw_spin_lock+0x10/0x10\n ? __mark_inode_dirty+0x402/0x810\n ? selinux_file_permission+0x368/0x500\n ? file_update_time+0x10f/0x160\n vfs_read+0x177/0xa40\n ? __pfx___handle_mm_fault+0x10/0x10\n ? __pfx_vfs_read+0x10/0x10\n ? mutex_lock+0x81/0xe0\n ? __pfx_mutex_lock+0x10/0x10\n ? fdget_pos+0x24d/0x4b0\n ksys_read+0xf7/0x1c0\n ? __pfx_ksys_read+0x10/0x10\n ? do_user_addr_fault+0x43b/0x9c0\n do_syscall_64+0xa4/0x260\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f\nRIP: 0033:0x7f0f74170fc9\nCode: 00 c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 \u003c48\u003e 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 8b 8\nRSP: 002b:00007fffece049e8 EFLAGS: 00000206 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000000\nRAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 00007f0f74170fc9\nRDX: 0000000000001000 RSI: 00007fffece049f0 RDI: 0000000000000004\nRBP: 00007fffece05ad0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 00007fffece04d90\nR10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000206 R12: 00005651720a1100\nR13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000\n \u003c/TASK\u003e\n\nAllocated by task 298:\n kasan_save_stack+0x33/0x60\n kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30\n __kasan_slab_alloc+0x6e/0x70\n kmem_cache_alloc_node_noprof+0xe8/0x330\n copy_process+0x376/0x5e00\n create_io_thread+0xab/0xf0\n io_sq_offload_create+0x9ed/0xf20\n io_uring_setup+0x12b0/0x1cc0\n do_syscall_64+0xa4/0x260\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f\n\nFreed by task 22:\n kasan_save_stack+0x33/0x60\n kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30\n kasan_save_free_info+0x3b/0x60\n __kasan_slab_free+0x37/0x50\n kmem_cache_free+0xc4/0x360\n rcu_core+0x5ff/0x19f0\n handle_softirqs+0x18c/0x530\n run_ksoftirqd+0x20/0x30\n smpboot_thread_fn+0x287/0x6c0\n kthread+0x30d/0x630\n ret_from_fork+0xef/0x1a0\n ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30\n\nLast potentially related work creation:\n kasan_save_stack+0x33/0x60\n kasan_record_aux_stack+0x8c/0xa0\n __call_rcu_common.constprop.0+0x68/0x940\n __schedule+0xff2/0x2930\n __cond_resched+0x4c/0x80\n mutex_lock+0x5c/0xe0\n io_uring_del_tctx_node+0xe1/0x2b0\n io_uring_clean_tctx+0xb7/0x160\n io_uring_cancel_generic+0x34e/0x760\n do_exit+0x240/0x2350\n do_group_exit+0xab/0x220\n __x64_sys_exit_group+0x39/0x40\n x64_sys_call+0x1243/0x1840\n do_syscall_64+0xa4/0x260\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f\n\nThe buggy address belongs to the object at ffff88810de2cb00\n which belongs to the cache task_struct of size 3712\nThe buggy address is located 1992 bytes inside of\n freed 3712-byte region [ffff88810de2cb00, ffff88810de2d980)\n\nwhich is caused by the task_struct pointed to by sq-\u003ethread being\nreleased while it is being used in the function\n__io_uring_show_fdinfo(). Holding ctx-\u003euring_lock does not prevent ehre\nrelase or exit of sq-\u003ethread.\n\nFix this by assigning and looking up -\u003ethread under RCU, and grabbing a\nreference to the task_struct. This e\n---truncated---"
            }
          ],
          "metrics": [
            {
              "cvssV3_1": {
                "baseScore": 7.8,
                "baseSeverity": "HIGH",
                "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                "version": "3.1"
              }
            }
          ],
          "providerMetadata": {
            "dateUpdated": "2026-07-30T05:51:20.984Z",
            "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
            "shortName": "Linux"
          },
          "references": [
            {
              "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af8c13f9ee040b9a287ba246cf0055f7c77b7cc8"
            },
            {
              "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d0932758a0a77b38ba1b39564f3b7aba12407061"
            },
            {
              "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ac0b8b327a5677dc6fecdf353d808161525b1ff0"
            }
          ],
          "title": "io_uring: fix use-after-free of sq-\u003ethread in __io_uring_show_fdinfo()",
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            "engine": "bippy-1.2.0"
          }
        }
      },
      "cveMetadata": {
        "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
        "assignerShortName": "Linux",
        "cveId": "CVE-2025-38106",
        "datePublished": "2025-07-03T08:35:16.215Z",
        "dateReserved": "2025-04-16T04:51:23.985Z",
        "dateUpdated": "2026-07-30T05:51:20.984Z",
        "state": "PUBLISHED"
      },
      "dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
      "dataVersion": "5.2"
    }
  }
}



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