Use-After-Free in Linux kernel (CVE-2025-38129)
Summary
Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2025-38129). 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:
page_pool: Fix use-after-free in page_pool_recycle_in_ring
syzbot reported a uaf in page_pool_recycle_in_ring:
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in lock_release+0x151/0xa30 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5862
Read of size 8 at addr ffff8880286045a0 by task syz.0.284/6943
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 6943 Comm: syz.0.284 Not tainted 6.13.0-rc3-syzkaller-gdfa94ce54f41 #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 09/13/2024
Call Trace:
__dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:94 [inline]
dump_stack_lvl+0x241/0x360 lib/dump_stack.c:120
print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:378 [inline]
print_report+0x169/0x550 mm/kasan/report.c:489
kasan_report+0x143/0x180 mm/kasan/report.c:602
lock_release+0x151/0xa30 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5862
__raw_spin_unlock_bh include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:165 [inline]
_raw_spin_unlock_bh+0x1b/0x40 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:210
spin_unlock_bh include/linux/spinlock.h:396 [inline]
ptr_ring_produce_bh include/linux/ptr_ring.h:164 [inline]
page_pool_recycle_in_ring net/core/page_pool.c:707 [inline]
page_pool_put_unrefed_netmem+0x748/0xb00 net/core/page_pool.c:826
page_pool_put_netmem include/net/page_pool/helpers.h:323 [inline]
page_pool_put_full_netmem include/net/page_pool/helpers.h:353 [inline]
napi_pp_put_page+0x149/0x2b0 net/core/skbuff.c:1036
skb_pp_recycle net/core/skbuff.c:1047 [inline]
skb_free_head net/core/skbuff.c:1094 [inline]
skb_releas…
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory
Auto-generated summary
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-38129 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-2025-38129" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2025-38129 (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-2025-38129 linux-lts Fixed in: 6.1.161-r0
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2025-38129 linux
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38129 linux-azure
References
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- advisory github.com
- 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 git.kernel.org
- web github.com