fkie_cve-2025-39673
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2025-09-05 18:15
Modified
2025-09-08 16:25
Severity ?
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ppp: fix race conditions in ppp_fill_forward_path ppp_fill_forward_path() has two race conditions: 1. The ppp->channels list can change between list_empty() and list_first_entry(), as ppp_lock() is not held. If the only channel is deleted in ppp_disconnect_channel(), list_first_entry() may access an empty head or a freed entry, and trigger a panic. 2. pch->chan can be NULL. When ppp_unregister_channel() is called, pch->chan is set to NULL before pch is removed from ppp->channels. Fix these by using a lockless RCU approach: - Use list_first_or_null_rcu() to safely test and access the first list entry. - Convert list modifications on ppp->channels to their RCU variants and add synchronize_net() after removal. - Check for a NULL pch->chan before dereferencing it.
References
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0417adf367a0af11adf7ace849af4638cfb573f7
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0f1630be6fcca3f0c63e4b242ad202e5cde28a40
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/94731cc551e29511d85aa8dec61a6c071b1f2430
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a1969fbffc1f1900d92d7594b1b7d8d72ef3dc7
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ca18d751bcc9faf5b7e82e9fae1223d103928181
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f97f6475fdcb3c28ff3c55cc4b7bde632119ec08
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{
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nppp: fix race conditions in ppp_fill_forward_path\n\nppp_fill_forward_path() has two race conditions:\n\n1. The ppp-\u003echannels list can change between list_empty() and\n   list_first_entry(), as ppp_lock() is not held. If the only channel\n   is deleted in ppp_disconnect_channel(), list_first_entry() may\n   access an empty head or a freed entry, and trigger a panic.\n\n2. pch-\u003echan can be NULL. When ppp_unregister_channel() is called,\n   pch-\u003echan is set to NULL before pch is removed from ppp-\u003echannels.\n\nFix these by using a lockless RCU approach:\n- Use list_first_or_null_rcu() to safely test and access the first list\n  entry.\n- Convert list modifications on ppp-\u003echannels to their RCU variants and\n  add synchronize_net() after removal.\n- Check for a NULL pch-\u003echan before dereferencing it."
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2025-39673",
  "lastModified": "2025-09-08T16:25:38.810",
  "metrics": {},
  "published": "2025-09-05T18:15:43.230",
  "references": [
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      "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
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    },
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    },
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      "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
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    },
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      "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
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    }
  ],
  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "vulnStatus": "Awaiting Analysis"
}


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