Vulnerability · Published Apr 16, 2025 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2025-22025nfsd: put dl_stid if fail to queue dl_recall

High 7.5

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 48% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 52.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfsd: put dl_stid if fail to queue dl_recall Before calling nfsd4_run_cb to queue dl_recall to the callback_wq, we increment the reference count of dl_stid. We expect that after the corresponding work_struct is processed, the reference count of dl_stid will be decremented through the callback function nfsd4_cb_recall_release. However, if the call to nfsd4_run_cb fails, the incremented reference count of dl_stid will not be decremented correspondingly, leading to the following nfs4_stid leak: unreferenced object 0xffff88812067b578 (size 344): comm "nfsd", pid 2761, jiffies 4295044002 (age 5541.241s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): 01 00 00 00 6b 6b 6b 6b b8 02 c0 e2 81 88 ff ff ....kkkk........ 00 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 00 00 00 00 ad 4e ad de .kkkkkkk.....N.. backtrace: kmem_cache_alloc+0x4b9/0x700 nfsd4_process_open1+0x34/0x300 nfsd4_open+0x2d1/0x9d0 nfsd4_proc_compound+0x7a2/0xe30 nfsd_dispatch+0x241/0x3e0 svc_process_common+0x5d3/0xcc0 svc_process+0x2a3/0x320 nfsd+0x180/0x2e0 kthread+0x199/0x1d0 ret_from_fork+0x30/0x50 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1b/0x30 unreferenced object 0xffff8881499f4d28 (size 368): comm "nfsd", pid 2761, jiffies 4295044005 (age 5541.239s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 30 4d 9f 49 81 88 ff ff ........0M.I.... 30 4d 9f 49 81 88 ff ff 20 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 0M.I.... ....... backtrace: kmem_cache_alloc+0x4b9/0x700 nfs4_alloc_stid+0x29/0x210 alloc_init_deleg+0x92/0x2e0 nfs4_set_delegation+0x284/0xc00 nfs4_open_delegation+0x216/0x3f0 nfsd4_process_open2+0x2b3/0xee0 nfsd4_open+0x770/0x9d0 nfsd4_proc_compound+0x7a2/0xe30 nfsd_dispatch+0x241/0x3e0 svc_process_common+0x5d3/0xcc0 svc_process+0x2a3/0x320 nfsd+0x180/0x2e0 kthread+0x199/0x1d0 ret_from_fork+0x30/0x50 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1b/0x30 Fix it by checking the result of nfsd4_run_cb and call nfs4_put_stid if fail to queue dl_recall.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux6.1.135-1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-22025
Debian:12linux6.1.135-1DSA-5907-1
Debian:13linux6.12.25-1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-22025
Debian:14linux6.12.25-1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-22025
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-142.152USN-7591-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-142.152UBUNTU-CVE-2025-22025
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux6.8.0-86.87USN-7835-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux6.8.0-86.87UBUNTU-CVE-2025-22025
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22025
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1086.93USN-7591-4
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1086.93UBUNTU-CVE-2025-22025
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws6.8.0-1041.43UBUNTU-CVE-2025-22025
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws6.8.0-1041.43USN-7835-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22025
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22025
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22025
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.86.8.0-1041.43~22.04.1USN-7835-6
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.86.8.0-1041.43~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-22025
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1091.100USN-7597-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1091.100UBUNTU-CVE-2025-22025
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure6.8.0-1041.47USN-7835-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure6.8.0-1041.47UBUNTU-CVE-2025-22025
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22025
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.116.11.0-1018.18~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-22025
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22025
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22025
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.86.8.0-1041.47~22.04.1USN-7835-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.86.8.0-1041.47~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-22025
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.15.0-1091.100.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-22025
Ubuntu:25.10linux-azure-fdeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22025
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22025
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22025
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidia6.8.0-1029.32USN-7940-2
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidia6.8.0-1029.32UBUNTU-CVE-2025-22025
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1085.94USN-7591-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1085.94UBUNTU-CVE-2025-22025
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp6.8.0-1042.45USN-7835-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp6.8.0-1042.45UBUNTU-CVE-2025-22025
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22025
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.116.11.0-1016.16~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-22025
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22025
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22025
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.86.8.0-1042.45~22.04.1USN-7835-3
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.86.8.0-1042.45~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-22025
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1083.89UBUNTU-CVE-2025-22025
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1083.89USN-7591-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gke6.8.0-1038.43UBUNTU-CVE-2025-22025
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gke6.8.0-1038.43USN-7835-3
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1068.76USN-7591-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1068.76UBUNTU-CVE-2025-22025
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeop6.8.0-1025.28UBUNTU-CVE-2025-22025
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeop6.8.0-1025.28USN-7835-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22025
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.116.11.0-28.28~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-22025
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22025
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22025
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.86.8.0-86.87~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-22025
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.86.8.0-86.87~22.04.1USN-7835-4
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1078.81UBUNTU-CVE-2025-22025
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1078.81USN-7591-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibm6.8.0-1039.39USN-7835-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibm6.8.0-1039.39UBUNTU-CVE-2025-22025
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm-6.86.8.0-1039.39~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-22025
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm-6.86.8.0-1039.39~22.04.1USN-7835-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-intelno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22025
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22025
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1081.87UBUNTU-CVE-2025-22025
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1081.87USN-7591-5
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1082.87USN-7591-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1082.87UBUNTU-CVE-2025-22025
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-142.152UBUNTU-CVE-2025-22025
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-142.152USN-7591-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency6.8.0-86.87.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-22025
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency6.8.0-86.87.1USN-7835-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22025
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.116.11.0-1015.16~24.04.2UBUNTU-CVE-2025-22025
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22025
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22025
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.86.8.0-86.87.1~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-22025
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.86.8.0-86.87.1~22.04.1USN-7835-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1080.81USN-7591-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1080.81UBUNTU-CVE-2025-22025
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia6.8.0-1041.44USN-7835-3
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia6.8.0-1041.44UBUNTU-CVE-2025-22025
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.116.11.0-1012.12UBUNTU-CVE-2025-22025
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22025
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22025
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.86.8.0-1041.44~22.04.2USN-7835-3
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.86.8.0-1041.44~22.04.2UBUNTU-CVE-2025-22025
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-lowlatency6.8.0-1041.44.1USN-7835-3
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-lowlatency6.8.0-1041.44.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-22025
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra5.15.0-1039.39USN-7591-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra5.15.0-1039.39UBUNTU-CVE-2025-22025
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra6.8.0-1012.12UBUNTU-CVE-2025-22025
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra-igx5.15.0-1028.28USN-7591-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra-igx5.15.0-1028.28UBUNTU-CVE-2025-22025
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22025
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22025
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22025
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.116.11.0-1024.24UBUNTU-CVE-2025-22025
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22025
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22025
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1083.89UBUNTU-CVE-2025-22025
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1083.89USN-7591-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle6.8.0-1038.39USN-7835-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle6.8.0-1038.39UBUNTU-CVE-2025-22025
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22025
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.86.8.0-1038.39~22.04.1USN-7835-5
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.86.8.0-1038.39~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-22025
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1080.83UBUNTU-CVE-2025-22025
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1080.83USN-7591-6
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi6.8.0-1041.45USN-7887-2
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi6.8.0-1041.45UBUNTU-CVE-2025-22025
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22025
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22025
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22025
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22025
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22025
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22025
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22025
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.86.8.0-86.87~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-22025
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22025
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22025
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22025
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-xilinx6.8.0-1018.19UBUNTU-CVE-2025-22025
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-xilinx-zynqmp5.15.0-1050.54UBUNTU-CVE-2025-22025

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux b5a1a81e5c25fb6bb3fdc1812ba69ff6ab638fcf – before b874cdef4e67e5150e07eff0eae1cbb21fb92da1b5a1a81e5c25fb6bb3fdc1812ba69ff6ab638fcf – before cdb796137c57e68ca34518d53be53b679351eb86b5a1a81e5c25fb6bb3fdc1812ba69ff6ab638fcf – before d96587cc93ec369031bcd7658c6adc719873c9fdb5a1a81e5c25fb6bb3fdc1812ba69ff6ab638fcf – before 9a81cde8c7ce65dd90fb47ceea93a45fc1a2fbd1b5a1a81e5c25fb6bb3fdc1812ba69ff6ab638fcf – before cad3479b63661a399c9df1d0b759e1806e2df3c8b5a1a81e5c25fb6bb3fdc1812ba69ff6ab638fcf – before 63b91c8ff4589f5263873b24c052447a28e10ef7b5a1a81e5c25fb6bb3fdc1812ba69ff6ab638fcf – before 133f5e2a37ce08c82d24e8fba65e0a81deae4609b5a1a81e5c25fb6bb3fdc1812ba69ff6ab638fcf – before 230ca758453c63bd38e4d9f4a21db698f7abada8
Linux Linux 2.6.35

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