Vulnerability · Published Apr 16, 2025 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2025-22085RDMA/core: Fix use-after-free when rename device name

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity use-after-free 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 0.2% (higher than 11% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 89.4% 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: RDMA/core: Fix use-after-free when rename device name Syzbot reported a slab-use-after-free with the following call trace: ================================================================== BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in nla_put+0xd3/0x150 lib/nlattr.c:1099 Read of size 5 at addr ffff888140ea1c60 by task syz.0.988/10025 CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 10025 Comm: syz.0.988 Not tainted 6.14.0-rc4-syzkaller-00859-gf77f12010f67 #0 Hardware name: Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 02/12/2025 Call Trace: <TASK> __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:408 [inline] print_report+0x16e/0x5b0 mm/kasan/report.c:521 kasan_report+0x143/0x180 mm/kasan/report.c:634 kasan_check_range+0x282/0x290 mm/kasan/generic.c:189 __asan_memcpy+0x29/0x70 mm/kasan/shadow.c:105 nla_put+0xd3/0x150 lib/nlattr.c:1099 nla_put_string include/net/netlink.h:1621 [inline] fill_nldev_handle+0x16e/0x200 drivers/infiniband/core/nldev.c:265 rdma_nl_notify_event+0x561/0xef0 drivers/infiniband/core/nldev.c:2857 ib_device_notify_register+0x22/0x230 drivers/infiniband/core/device.c:1344 ib_register_device+0x1292/0x1460 drivers/infiniband/core/device.c:1460 rxe_register_device+0x233/0x350 drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_verbs.c:1540 rxe_net_add+0x74/0xf0 drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_net.c:550 rxe_newlink+0xde/0x1a0 drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe.c:212 nldev_newlink+0x5ea/0x680 drivers/infiniband/core/nldev.c:1795 rdma_nl_rcv_skb drivers/infiniband/core/netlink.c:239 [inline] rdma_nl_rcv+0x6dd/0x9e0 drivers/infiniband/core/netlink.c:259 netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1313 [inline] netlink_unicast+0x7f6/0x990 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1339 netlink_sendmsg+0x8de/0xcb0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1883 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:709 [inline] __sock_sendmsg+0x221/0x270 net/socket.c:724 ____sys_sendmsg+0x53a/0x860 net/socket.c:2564 ___sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2618 [inline] __sys_sendmsg+0x269/0x350 net/socket.c:2650 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xf3/0x230 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f RIP: 0033:0x7f42d1b8d169 Code: ff ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 40 00 48 89 f8 48 ... RSP: 002b:00007f42d2960038 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002e RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f42d1da6320 RCX: 00007f42d1b8d169 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 00004000000002c0 RDI: 000000000000000c RBP: 00007f42d1c0e2a0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000 R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 00007f42d1da6320 R15: 00007ffe399344a8 </TASK> Allocated by task 10025: kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:47 [inline] kasan_save_track+0x3f/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:68 poison_kmalloc_redzone mm/kasan/common.c:377 [inline] __kasan_kmalloc+0x98/0xb0 mm/kasan/common.c:394 kasan_kmalloc include/linux/kasan.h:260 [inline] __do_kmalloc_node mm/slub.c:4294 [inline] __kmalloc_node_track_caller_noprof+0x28b/0x4c0 mm/slub.c:4313 __kmemdup_nul mm/util.c:61 [inline] kstrdup+0x42/0x100 mm/util.c:81 kobject_set_name_vargs+0x61/0x120 lib/kobject.c:274 dev_set_name+0xd5/0x120 drivers/base/core.c:3468 assign_name drivers/infiniband/core/device.c:1202 [inline] ib_register_device+0x178/0x1460 drivers/infiniband/core/device.c:1384 rxe_register_device+0x233/0x350 drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_verbs.c:1540 rxe_net_add+0x74/0xf0 drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_net.c:550 rxe_newlink+0xde/0x1a0 drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe.c:212 nldev_newlink+0x5ea/0x680 drivers/infiniband/core/nldev.c:1795 rdma_nl_rcv_skb drivers/infiniband/core/netlink.c:239 [inline] rdma_nl_rcv+0x6dd/0x9e0 drivers/infiniband/core/netlink.c:259 netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1313 [inline] netlink_unicast+0x7f6/0x990 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1339 netlink_sendmsg+0x8de/0xcb0 net ---truncated---

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux:9kernel5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-core5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-core5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-devel5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-modules5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-modules-core5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-modules-extra5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-devel5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-devel-matched5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-modules5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-modules-core5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-modules-extra5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:10kernel-abi-stablelists6.12.0-55.25.1.el10_0ALSA-2025:12662
AlmaLinux:9kernel-abi-stablelists5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9kernel-core5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9kernel-cross-headers5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-core5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-devel5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-devel-matched5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-modules5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-modules-core5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-modules-extra5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-uki-virt5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9kernel-devel5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9kernel-devel-matched5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:10kernel-doc6.12.0-55.25.1.el10_0ALSA-2025:12662
AlmaLinux:9kernel-doc5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9kernel-headers5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9kernel-modules5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9kernel-modules-core5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9kernel-modules-extra5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-core5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-debug5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-debug-core5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-debug-devel5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules-core5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules-extra5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-devel5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-modules5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-modules-core5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-modules-extra5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-core5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-core5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-devel5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-kvm5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-modules5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-modules-core5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-devel5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-kvm5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-modules5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-modules-core5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-modules-extra5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9kernel-tools5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9kernel-tools-libs5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9kernel-tools-libs-devel5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9kernel-uki-virt5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9kernel-uki-virt-addons5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-core5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-devel5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-devel-matched5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-modules5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-modules-core5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9libperf5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9perf5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9python3-perf5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9rtla5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9rv5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
Debian:13linux6.12.25-1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-22085
Debian:14linux6.12.25-1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-22085
Rocky Linux:10kernel0:6.12.0-55.25.1.el10_0RLSA-2025:12662
Rocky Linux:9kernel0:5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6RLSA-2025:11861
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22085
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22085
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22085
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22085
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22085
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22085
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22085
Ubuntu:25.10linux-azure-fdeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22085
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22085
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22085
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22085
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22085
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22085
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22085
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22085
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22085
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22085
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22085
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22085
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22085
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22085
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22085
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22085
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22085
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22085
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22085
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22085
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22085
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22085
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22085
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22085
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22085
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22085
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22085
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22085
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22085

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 9cbed5aab5aeea420d0aa945733bf608449d44fb – before 0d6460b9d2a3ee380940bdf47680751ef91cb88e9cbed5aab5aeea420d0aa945733bf608449d44fb – before 56ec8580be5174b2b9774066e60f1aad56d201db9cbed5aab5aeea420d0aa945733bf608449d44fb – before edf6b543e81ba68c6dbac2499ab362098a5a97169cbed5aab5aeea420d0aa945733bf608449d44fb – before 1d6a9e7449e2a0c1e2934eee7880ba8bd1e464cd
Linux Linux 6.12

Weakness: CWE-416 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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