Vulnerability · Published Oct 15, 2025 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2025-39984net: tun: Update napi->skb after XDP process

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In plain English

A 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 0.2% (higher than 9% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS )–Not rated
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 90.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: tun: Update napi->skb after XDP process The syzbot report a UAF issue: BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in skb_reset_mac_header include/linux/skbuff.h:3150 [inline] BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in napi_frags_skb net/core/gro.c:723 [inline] BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in napi_gro_frags+0x6e/0x1030 net/core/gro.c:758 Read of size 8 at addr ffff88802ef22c18 by task syz.0.17/6079 CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 6079 Comm: syz.0.17 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) Call Trace: <TASK> dump_stack_lvl+0x189/0x250 lib/dump_stack.c:120 print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:378 [inline] print_report+0xca/0x240 mm/kasan/report.c:482 kasan_report+0x118/0x150 mm/kasan/report.c:595 skb_reset_mac_header include/linux/skbuff.h:3150 [inline] napi_frags_skb net/core/gro.c:723 [inline] napi_gro_frags+0x6e/0x1030 net/core/gro.c:758 tun_get_user+0x28cb/0x3e20 drivers/net/tun.c:1920 tun_chr_write_iter+0x113/0x200 drivers/net/tun.c:1996 new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:593 [inline] vfs_write+0x5c9/0xb30 fs/read_write.c:686 ksys_write+0x145/0x250 fs/read_write.c:738 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xfa/0x3b0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f </TASK> Allocated by task 6079: kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:47 [inline] kasan_save_track+0x3e/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:68 unpoison_slab_object mm/kasan/common.c:330 [inline] __kasan_mempool_unpoison_object+0xa0/0x170 mm/kasan/common.c:558 kasan_mempool_unpoison_object include/linux/kasan.h:388 [inline] napi_skb_cache_get+0x37b/0x6d0 net/core/skbuff.c:295 __alloc_skb+0x11e/0x2d0 net/core/skbuff.c:657 napi_alloc_skb+0x84/0x7d0 net/core/skbuff.c:811 napi_get_frags+0x69/0x140 net/core/gro.c:673 tun_napi_alloc_frags drivers/net/tun.c:1404 [inline] tun_get_user+0x77c/0x3e20 drivers/net/tun.c:1784 tun_chr_write_iter+0x113/0x200 drivers/net/tun.c:1996 new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:593 [inline] vfs_write+0x5c9/0xb30 fs/read_write.c:686 ksys_write+0x145/0x250 fs/read_write.c:738 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xfa/0x3b0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f Freed by task 6079: kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:47 [inline] kasan_save_track+0x3e/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:68 kasan_save_free_info+0x46/0x50 mm/kasan/generic.c:576 poison_slab_object mm/kasan/common.c:243 [inline] __kasan_slab_free+0x5b/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:275 kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:233 [inline] slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:2422 [inline] slab_free mm/slub.c:4695 [inline] kmem_cache_free+0x18f/0x400 mm/slub.c:4797 skb_pp_cow_data+0xdd8/0x13e0 net/core/skbuff.c:969 netif_skb_check_for_xdp net/core/dev.c:5390 [inline] netif_receive_generic_xdp net/core/dev.c:5431 [inline] do_xdp_generic+0x699/0x11a0 net/core/dev.c:5499 tun_get_user+0x2523/0x3e20 drivers/net/tun.c:1872 tun_chr_write_iter+0x113/0x200 drivers/net/tun.c:1996 new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:593 [inline] vfs_write+0x5c9/0xb30 fs/read_write.c:686 ksys_write+0x145/0x250 fs/read_write.c:738 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xfa/0x3b0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f After commit e6d5dbdd20aa ("xdp: add multi-buff support for xdp running in generic mode"), the original skb may be freed in skb_pp_cow_data() when XDP program was attached, which was allocated in tun_napi_alloc_frags(). However, the napi->skb still point to the original skb, update it after XDP process.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux:10kernel-abi-stablelists6.12.0-124.21.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:23279
AlmaLinux:10kernel-doc6.12.0-124.21.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:23279
Debian:13linux6.12.57-1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-39984
Debian:14linux6.16.10-1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-39984
Rocky Linux:10kernel0:6.12.0-124.21.1.el10_1RLSA-2025:23279
Ubuntu:25.10linux6.17.0-6.6UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39984
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39984
Ubuntu:25.10linux-aws6.17.0-1003.3UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39984
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39984
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39984
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39984
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39984
Ubuntu:25.10linux-azure6.17.0-1006.6UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39984
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39984
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39984
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39984
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39984
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39984
Ubuntu:25.10linux-azure-fdeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39984
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39984
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39984
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39984
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidia-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39984
Ubuntu:25.10linux-gcp6.17.0-1003.3UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39984
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39984
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39984
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39984
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39984
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39984
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39984
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39984
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39984
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39984
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39984
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39984
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39984
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39984
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39984
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39984
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39984
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39984
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39984
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39984
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39984
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39984
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39984
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39984
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39984
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39984
Ubuntu:25.10linux-oracle6.17.0-1003.3UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39984
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39984
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39984
Ubuntu:25.10linux-raspi6.17.0-1004.4UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39984
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39984
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39984
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39984
Ubuntu:25.10linux-realtime6.17.0-1002.3UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39984
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39984
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39984
Ubuntu:25.10linux-riscv6.17.0-6.6.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39984
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39984
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39984
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39984
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39984
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39984
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39984

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux e6d5dbdd20aa6a86974af51deb9414cd2e7794cb – before 953200d56fc23eebf80a5ad9eed6e2e8a3065093e6d5dbdd20aa6a86974af51deb9414cd2e7794cb – before 1697577e1669b0321d02cd848384a5d33e284296e6d5dbdd20aa6a86974af51deb9414cd2e7794cb – before 1091860a16a86ccdd77c09f2b21a5f634f5ab9ec
Linux Linux 6.9

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