7.8 CVE-2025-39860
Enriched by CISA Patch
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
Bluetooth: Fix use-after-free in l2cap_sock_cleanup_listen()
syzbot reported the splat below without a repro.
In the splat, a single thread calling bt_accept_dequeue() freed sk
and touched it after that.
The root cause would be the racy l2cap_sock_cleanup_listen() call
added by the cited commit.
bt_accept_dequeue() is called under lock_sock() except for
l2cap_sock_release().
Two threads could see the same socket during the list iteration
in bt_accept_dequeue():
CPU1 CPU2 (close())
---- ----
sock_hold(sk) sock_hold(sk);
lock_sock(sk) <-- block close()
sock_put(sk)
bt_accept_unlink(sk)
sock_put(sk) <-- refcnt by bt_accept_enqueue()
release_sock(sk)
lock_sock(sk)
sock_put(sk)
bt_accept_unlink(sk)
sock_put(sk) <-- last refcnt
bt_accept_unlink(sk) <-- UAF
Depending on the timing, the other thread could show up in the
"Freed by task" part.
Let's call l2cap_sock_cleanup_listen() under lock_sock() in
l2cap_sock_release().
[0]:
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in debug_spin_lock_before kernel/locking/spinlock_debug.c:86 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in do_raw_spin_lock+0x26f/0x2b0 kernel/locking/spinlock_debug.c:115
Read of size 4 at addr ffff88803b7eb1c4 by task syz.5.3276/16995
CPU: 3 UID: 0 PID: 16995 Comm: syz.5.3276 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full)
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2~bpo12+1 04/01/2014
Call Trace:
<TASK>
__dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:94 [inline]
dump_stack_lvl+0x116/0x1f0 lib/dump_stack.c:120
print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:378 [inline]
print_report+0xcd/0x630 mm/kasan/report.c:482
kasan_report+0xe0/0x110 mm/kasan/report.c:595
debug_spin_lock_before kernel/locking/spinlock_debug.c:86 [inline]
do_raw_spin_lock+0x26f/0x2b0 kernel/locking/spinlock_debug.c:115
spin_lock_bh include/linux/spinlock.h:356 [inline]
release_sock+0x21/0x220 net/core/sock.c:3746
bt_accept_dequeue+0x505/0x600 net/bluetooth/af_bluetooth.c:312
l2cap_sock_cleanup_listen+0x5c/0x2a0 net/bluetooth/l2cap_sock.c:1451
l2cap_sock_release+0x5c/0x210 net/bluetooth/l2cap_sock.c:1425
__sock_release+0xb3/0x270 net/socket.c:649
sock_close+0x1c/0x30 net/socket.c:1439
__fput+0x3ff/0xb70 fs/file_table.c:468
task_work_run+0x14d/0x240 kernel/task_work.c:227
resume_user_mode_work include/linux/resume_user_mode.h:50 [inline]
exit_to_user_mode_loop+0xeb/0x110 kernel/entry/common.c:43
exit_to_user_mode_prepare include/linux/irq-entry-common.h:225 [inline]
syscall_exit_to_user_mode_work include/linux/entry-common.h:175 [inline]
syscall_exit_to_user_mode include/linux/entry-common.h:210 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x3f6/0x4c0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:100
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7f2accf8ebe9
Code: ff ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 40 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 c7 c1 a8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007ffdb6cb1378 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000001b4
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 00000000000426fb RCX: 00007f2accf8ebe9
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 000000000000001e RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 00007f2acd1b7da0 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 00000012b6cb166f
R10: 0000001b30e20000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00007f2acd1b609c
R13: 00007f2acd1b6090 R14: ffffffffffffffff R15: 00007ffdb6cb1490
</TASK>
Allocated by task 5326:
kasan_save_stack+0x33/0x60 mm/kasan/common.c:47
kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30 mm/kasan/common.c:68
poison_kmalloc_redzone mm/kasan/common.c:388 [inline]
__kasan_kmalloc+0xaa/0xb0 mm/kasan/common.c:405
kasan_kmalloc include/linux/kasan.h:260 [inline]
__do_kmalloc_node mm/slub.c:4365 [inline]
__kmalloc_nopro
---truncated---
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-39860
Categories
CWE-416 : Use After Free
The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer. If the product accesses a previously-freed pointer, then it means that a separate weakness or error already occurred previously, such as a race condition, an unexpected or poorly handled error condition, confusion over which part of the program is responsible for freeing the memory, performing the free too soon, etc. a pointer that no longer points to valid memory, often after it has been freed commonly used acronym for Use After Free Fuzz testing (fuzzing) is a powerful technique for generating large numbers of diverse inputs - either randomly or algorithmically - and dynamically invoking the code with those inputs. Even with random inputs, it is often capable of generating unexpected results such as crashes, memory corruption, or resource consumption. Fuzzing effectively produces repeatable test cases that clearly indicate bugs, which helps developers to diagnose the issues. Automated static analysis, commonly referred to as Static Application Security Testing (SAST), can find some instances of this weakness by analyzing source code (or binary/compiled code) without having to execute it. Typically, this is done by building a model of data flow and control flow, then searching for potentially-vulnerable patterns that connect "sources" (origins of input) with "sinks" (destinations where the data interacts with external components, a lower layer such as the OS, etc.) Use tools that are integrated duringcompilation to insert runtime error-checking mechanismsrelated to memory safety errors, such as AddressSanitizer(ASan) for C/C++ [REF-1518]. Choose a language that provides automatic memory management. When freeing pointers, be sure to set them to NULL once they are freed. However, the utilization of multiple or complex data structures may lower the usefulness of this strategy. TCP/IP code for an OS has a use-after-free that can leak heap memory contents Chain: an operating system kernel has insufficent resource locking (CWE-413) leading to a use after free (CWE-416). Chain: two threads in a web browser use the same resource (CWE-366), but one of those threads can destroy the resource before the other has completed (CWE-416). Chain: mobile platform race condition (CWE-362) leading to use-after-free (CWE-416), as exploited in the wild per CISA KEV. Chain: race condition (CWE-362) leads to use-after-free (CWE-416), as exploited in the wild per CISA KEV. Use-after-free triggered by closing a connection while data is still being transmitted. Improper allocation for invalid data leads to use-after-free. certificate with a large number of Subject Alternate Names not properly handled in realloc, leading to use-after-free Timers are not disabled when a related object is deleted Access to a "dead" object that is being cleaned up object is deleted even with a non-zero reference count, and later accessed use-after-free involving request containing an invalid version number unload of an object that is currently being accessed by other functionality incorrectly tracking a reference count leads to use-after-free use-after-free related to use of uninitialized memory HTML document with incorrectly-nested tags Use after free in ActiveX object by providing a malformed argument to a method use-after-free by disconnecting during data transfer, or a message containing incorrect data types disconnect during a large data transfer causes incorrect reference count, leading to use-after-free use-after-free found by fuzzing Chain: race condition (CWE-362) from improper handling of a page transition in web client while an applet is loading (CWE-368) leads to use after free (CWE-416) realloc generates new buffer and pointer, but previous pointer is still retained, leading to use after free Use-after-free in web browser, probably resultant from not initializing memory. use-after-free when one thread accessed memory that was freed by another thread assignment of malformed values to certain properties triggers use after free mail server does not properly handle a long header. chain: integer overflow leads to use-after-free freed pointer dereference Chain: A multi-threaded race condition (CWE-367) allows attackers to cause two threads to process the same RPC request, which causes a use-after-free (CWE-416) in one thread
References
0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e
| https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-032379.html |
| https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-089022.html |
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 Patch
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
AFFECTED (from MITRE)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux |
|
| Linux | Linux |
|
| © 2022 The MITRE Corporation. This work is reproduced and distributed with the permission of The MITRE Corporation. | ||
CPE
| cpe | start | end |
|---|---|---|
| Configuration 1 | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | >= 4.14.322 | < 4.15 |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | >= 4.19.291 | < 4.20 |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | >= 5.4.253 | < 5.4.299 |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | >= 5.10.190 | < 5.10.243 |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | >= 5.15.126 | < 5.15.192 |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | >= 6.1.45 | < 6.1.151 |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | >= 6.4.10 | < 6.6.105 |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | >= 6.7 | < 6.12.46 |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | >= 6.13 | < 6.16.6 |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.17:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.17:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.17:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.17:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| Configuration 2 | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
REMEDIATION
Patch
EXPLOITS
Exploit-db.com
| id | description | date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No known exploits | |||
POC Github
| Url |
|---|
| No known exploits |
Other Nist (github, ...)
| Url |
|---|
| No known exploits |
CAPEC
Common Attack Pattern Enumerations and Classifications
| id | description | severity |
|---|---|---|
| No entry | ||
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