Use-After-Free in Linux kernel (CVE-2025-37854)
Summary
Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2025-37854). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/amdkfd: Fix mode1 reset crash issue
If HW scheduler hangs and mode1 reset is used to recover GPU, KFD signal
user space to abort the processes. After process abort exit, user queues
still use the GPU to access system memory before h/w is reset while KFD
cleanup worker free system memory and free VRAM.
There is use-after-free race bug that KFD allocate and reuse the freed
system memory, and user queue write to the same system memory to corrupt
the data structure and cause driver crash.
To fix this race, KFD cleanup worker terminate user queues, then flush
reset_domain wq to wait for any GPU ongoing reset complete, and then
free outstanding BOs.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-37854 has been found in Linux kernel.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. CVSS score: 7.8/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Linux kernel CVE-2025-37854" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2025-37854 (Linux kernel) — CWE-416 / CVSS v3 7.8
Attack vector: local / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
Use-after-free (CWE-416) exists in Linux kernel.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Linux kernel.
Severity: High (CVSS 7.8/10). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで Linux kernel を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- BellSoft Alpaquita BELL-CVE-2025-37854 linux-lts Fixed in: 6.1.140-r0
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2025-37854 linux Fixed in: 6.1.135-1
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2025-37854 linux
References
- advisory github.com
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- package git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web lists.debian.org