Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

block, bfq: fix waker_bfqq UAF after bfq_split_bfqq()

Our syzkaller report a following UAF for v6.6:

BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in bfq_init_rq+0x175d/0x17a0 block/bfq-iosched.c:6958
Read of size 8 at addr ffff8881b57147d8 by task fsstress/232726

CPU: 2 PID: 232726 Comm: fsstress Not tainted 6.6.0-g3629d1885222 #39
Call Trace:
<TASK>
__dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline]
dump_stack_lvl+0x91/0xf0 lib/dump_stack.c:106
print_address_description.constprop.0+0x66/0x300 mm/kasan/report.c:364
print_report+0x3e/0x70 mm/kasan/report.c:475
kasan_report+0xb8/0xf0 mm/kasan/report.c:588
hlist_add_head include/linux/list.h:1023 [inline]
bfq_init_rq+0x175d/0x17a0 block/bfq-iosched.c:6958
bfq_insert_request.isra.0+0xe8/0xa20 block/bfq-iosched.c:6271
bfq_insert_requests+0x27f/0x390 block/bfq-iosched.c:6323
blk_mq_insert_request+0x290/0x8f0 block/blk-mq.c:2660
blk_mq_submit_bio+0x1021/0x15e0 block/blk-mq.c:3143
__submit_bio+0xa0/0x6b0 block/blk-core.c:639
__submit_bio_noacct_mq block/blk-core.c:718 [inline]
submit_bio_noacct_nocheck+0x5b7/0x810 block/blk-core.c:747
submit_bio_noacct+0xca0/0x1990 block/blk-core.c:847
__ext4_read_bh fs/ext4/super.c:205 [inline]
ext4_read_bh+0x15e/0x2e0 fs/ext4/super.c:230
__read_extent_tree_block+0x304/0x6f0 fs/ext4/extents.c:567
ext4_find_extent+0x479/0xd20 fs/ext4/extents.c:947
ext4_ext_map_blocks+0x1a3/0x2680 fs/ext4/extents.c:4182
ext4_map_blocks+0x929/0x15a0 fs/ext4/inode.c:660
ext4_iomap_begin_report+0x298/0x480 fs/ext4/inode.c:3569
iomap_iter+0x3dd/0x1010 fs/iomap/iter.c:91
iomap_fiemap+0x1f4/0x360 fs/iomap/fiemap.c:80
ext4_fiemap+0x181/0x210 fs/ext4/extents.c:5051
ioctl_fiemap.isra.0+0x1b4/0x290 fs/ioctl.c:220
do_vfs_ioctl+0x31c/0x11a0 fs/ioctl.c:811
__do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:869 [inline]
__se_sys_ioctl+0xae/0x190 fs/ioctl.c:857
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:51 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x70/0x120 arch/x86/entry/common.c:81
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x78/0xe2

Allocated by task 232719:
kasan_save_stack+0x22/0x50 mm/kasan/common.c:45
kasan_set_track+0x25/0x30 mm/kasan/common.c:52
__kasan_slab_alloc+0x87/0x90 mm/kasan/common.c:328
kasan_slab_alloc include/linux/kasan.h:188 [inline]
slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slab.h:768 [inline]
slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3492 [inline]
kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x1b8/0x6f0 mm/slub.c:3537
bfq_get_queue+0x215/0x1f00 block/bfq-iosched.c:5869
bfq_get_bfqq_handle_split+0x167/0x5f0 block/bfq-iosched.c:6776
bfq_init_rq+0x13a4/0x17a0 block/bfq-iosched.c:6938
bfq_insert_request.isra.0+0xe8/0xa20 block/bfq-iosched.c:6271
bfq_insert_requests+0x27f/0x390 block/bfq-iosched.c:6323
blk_mq_insert_request+0x290/0x8f0 block/blk-mq.c:2660
blk_mq_submit_bio+0x1021/0x15e0 block/blk-mq.c:3143
__submit_bio+0xa0/0x6b0 block/blk-core.c:639
__submit_bio_noacct_mq block/blk-core.c:718 [inline]
submit_bio_noacct_nocheck+0x5b7/0x810 block/blk-core.c:747
submit_bio_noacct+0xca0/0x1990 block/blk-core.c:847
__ext4_read_bh fs/ext4/super.c:205 [inline]
ext4_read_bh_nowait+0x15a/0x240 fs/ext4/super.c:217
ext4_read_bh_lock+0xac/0xd0 fs/ext4/super.c:242
ext4_bread_batch+0x268/0x500 fs/ext4/inode.c:958
__ext4_find_entry+0x448/0x10f0 fs/ext4/namei.c:1671
ext4_lookup_entry fs/ext4/namei.c:1774 [inline]
ext4_lookup.part.0+0x359/0x6f0 fs/ext4/namei.c:1842
ext4_lookup+0x72/0x90 fs/ext4/namei.c:1839
__lookup_slow+0x257/0x480 fs/namei.c:1696
lookup_slow fs/namei.c:1713 [inline]
walk_component+0x454/0x5c0 fs/namei.c:2004
link_path_walk.part.0+0x773/0xda0 fs/namei.c:2331
link_path_walk fs/namei.c:3826 [inline]
path_openat+0x1b9/0x520 fs/namei.c:3826
do_filp_open+0x1b7/0x400 fs/namei.c:3857
do_sys_openat2+0x5dc/0x6e0 fs/open.c:1428
do_sys_open fs/open.c:1443 [inline]
__do_sys_openat fs/open.c:1459 [inline]
__se_sys_openat fs/open.c:1454 [inline]
__x64_sys_openat+0x148/0x200 fs/open.c:1454
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:51 [inline]
do_syscall_6
---truncated---
Published: 2025-01-19
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-4076-1 linux-6.1 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-2580 In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: block, bfq: fix waker_bfqq UAF after bfq_split_bfqq() Our syzkaller report a following UAF for v6.6: BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in bfq_init_rq+0x175d/0x17a0 block/bfq-iosched.c:6958 Read of size 8 at addr ffff8881b57147d8 by task fsstress/232726 CPU: 2 PID: 232726 Comm: fsstress Not tainted 6.6.0-g3629d1885222 #39 Call Trace: <TASK> __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline] dump_stack_lvl+0x91/0xf0 lib/dump_stack.c:106 print_address_description.constprop.0+0x66/0x300 mm/kasan/report.c:364 print_report+0x3e/0x70 mm/kasan/report.c:475 kasan_report+0xb8/0xf0 mm/kasan/report.c:588 hlist_add_head include/linux/list.h:1023 [inline] bfq_init_rq+0x175d/0x17a0 block/bfq-iosched.c:6958 bfq_insert_request.isra.0+0xe8/0xa20 block/bfq-iosched.c:6271 bfq_insert_requests+0x27f/0x390 block/bfq-iosched.c:6323 blk_mq_insert_request+0x290/0x8f0 block/blk-mq.c:2660 blk_mq_submit_bio+0x1021/0x15e0 block/blk-mq.c:3143 __submit_bio+0xa0/0x6b0 block/blk-core.c:639 __submit_bio_noacct_mq block/blk-core.c:718 [inline] submit_bio_noacct_nocheck+0x5b7/0x810 block/blk-core.c:747 submit_bio_noacct+0xca0/0x1990 block/blk-core.c:847 __ext4_read_bh fs/ext4/super.c:205 [inline] ext4_read_bh+0x15e/0x2e0 fs/ext4/super.c:230 __read_extent_tree_block+0x304/0x6f0 fs/ext4/extents.c:567 ext4_find_extent+0x479/0xd20 fs/ext4/extents.c:947 ext4_ext_map_blocks+0x1a3/0x2680 fs/ext4/extents.c:4182 ext4_map_blocks+0x929/0x15a0 fs/ext4/inode.c:660 ext4_iomap_begin_report+0x298/0x480 fs/ext4/inode.c:3569 iomap_iter+0x3dd/0x1010 fs/iomap/iter.c:91 iomap_fiemap+0x1f4/0x360 fs/iomap/fiemap.c:80 ext4_fiemap+0x181/0x210 fs/ext4/extents.c:5051 ioctl_fiemap.isra.0+0x1b4/0x290 fs/ioctl.c:220 do_vfs_ioctl+0x31c/0x11a0 fs/ioctl.c:811 __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:869 [inline] __se_sys_ioctl+0xae/0x190 fs/ioctl.c:857 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:51 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x70/0x120 arch/x86/entry/common.c:81 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x78/0xe2 Allocated by task 232719: kasan_save_stack+0x22/0x50 mm/kasan/common.c:45 kasan_set_track+0x25/0x30 mm/kasan/common.c:52 __kasan_slab_alloc+0x87/0x90 mm/kasan/common.c:328 kasan_slab_alloc include/linux/kasan.h:188 [inline] slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slab.h:768 [inline] slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3492 [inline] kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x1b8/0x6f0 mm/slub.c:3537 bfq_get_queue+0x215/0x1f00 block/bfq-iosched.c:5869 bfq_get_bfqq_handle_split+0x167/0x5f0 block/bfq-iosched.c:6776 bfq_init_rq+0x13a4/0x17a0 block/bfq-iosched.c:6938 bfq_insert_request.isra.0+0xe8/0xa20 block/bfq-iosched.c:6271 bfq_insert_requests+0x27f/0x390 block/bfq-iosched.c:6323 blk_mq_insert_request+0x290/0x8f0 block/blk-mq.c:2660 blk_mq_submit_bio+0x1021/0x15e0 block/blk-mq.c:3143 __submit_bio+0xa0/0x6b0 block/blk-core.c:639 __submit_bio_noacct_mq block/blk-core.c:718 [inline] submit_bio_noacct_nocheck+0x5b7/0x810 block/blk-core.c:747 submit_bio_noacct+0xca0/0x1990 block/blk-core.c:847 __ext4_read_bh fs/ext4/super.c:205 [inline] ext4_read_bh_nowait+0x15a/0x240 fs/ext4/super.c:217 ext4_read_bh_lock+0xac/0xd0 fs/ext4/super.c:242 ext4_bread_batch+0x268/0x500 fs/ext4/inode.c:958 __ext4_find_entry+0x448/0x10f0 fs/ext4/namei.c:1671 ext4_lookup_entry fs/ext4/namei.c:1774 [inline] ext4_lookup.part.0+0x359/0x6f0 fs/ext4/namei.c:1842 ext4_lookup+0x72/0x90 fs/ext4/namei.c:1839 __lookup_slow+0x257/0x480 fs/namei.c:1696 lookup_slow fs/namei.c:1713 [inline] walk_component+0x454/0x5c0 fs/namei.c:2004 link_path_walk.part.0+0x773/0xda0 fs/namei.c:2331 link_path_walk fs/namei.c:3826 [inline] path_openat+0x1b9/0x520 fs/namei.c:3826 do_filp_open+0x1b7/0x400 fs/namei.c:3857 do_sys_openat2+0x5dc/0x6e0 fs/open.c:1428 do_sys_open fs/open.c:1443 [inline] __do_sys_openat fs/open.c:1459 [inline] __se_sys_openat fs/open.c:1454 [inline] __x64_sys_openat+0x148/0x200 fs/open.c:1454 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:51 [inline] do_syscall_6 ---truncated---
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Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7382-1 Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7387-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7387-2 Linux kernel (FIPS) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7387-3 Linux kernel (Real-time) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7388-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7389-1 Linux kernel (NVIDIA Tegra) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7390-1 Linux kernel (Xilinx ZynqMP) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7407-1 Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7421-1 Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7458-1 Linux kernel (IBM) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7459-1 Linux kernel (Intel IoTG) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7459-2 Linux kernel (GCP) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7513-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7513-2 Linux kernel (Real-time) vulnerabilities
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Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7513-4 Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities
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Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7514-1 Linux kernel (NVIDIA) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7515-1 Linux kernel (GKE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7515-2 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7522-1 Linux kernel (Azure, N-Series) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7523-1 Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi Real-time) vulnerabilities
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History

Mon, 03 Nov 2025 21:30:00 +0000

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References

Thu, 13 Feb 2025 01:00:00 +0000

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Metrics threat_severity

Low

threat_severity

Moderate


Mon, 10 Feb 2025 18:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Mon, 03 Feb 2025 15:15:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Weaknesses CWE-416
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.13:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.13:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.13:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.13:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.13:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.13:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


Thu, 23 Jan 2025 17:15:00 +0000


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References
Metrics threat_severity

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cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

Low


Sun, 19 Jan 2025 10:30:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: block, bfq: fix waker_bfqq UAF after bfq_split_bfqq() Our syzkaller report a following UAF for v6.6: BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in bfq_init_rq+0x175d/0x17a0 block/bfq-iosched.c:6958 Read of size 8 at addr ffff8881b57147d8 by task fsstress/232726 CPU: 2 PID: 232726 Comm: fsstress Not tainted 6.6.0-g3629d1885222 #39 Call Trace: <TASK> __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline] dump_stack_lvl+0x91/0xf0 lib/dump_stack.c:106 print_address_description.constprop.0+0x66/0x300 mm/kasan/report.c:364 print_report+0x3e/0x70 mm/kasan/report.c:475 kasan_report+0xb8/0xf0 mm/kasan/report.c:588 hlist_add_head include/linux/list.h:1023 [inline] bfq_init_rq+0x175d/0x17a0 block/bfq-iosched.c:6958 bfq_insert_request.isra.0+0xe8/0xa20 block/bfq-iosched.c:6271 bfq_insert_requests+0x27f/0x390 block/bfq-iosched.c:6323 blk_mq_insert_request+0x290/0x8f0 block/blk-mq.c:2660 blk_mq_submit_bio+0x1021/0x15e0 block/blk-mq.c:3143 __submit_bio+0xa0/0x6b0 block/blk-core.c:639 __submit_bio_noacct_mq block/blk-core.c:718 [inline] submit_bio_noacct_nocheck+0x5b7/0x810 block/blk-core.c:747 submit_bio_noacct+0xca0/0x1990 block/blk-core.c:847 __ext4_read_bh fs/ext4/super.c:205 [inline] ext4_read_bh+0x15e/0x2e0 fs/ext4/super.c:230 __read_extent_tree_block+0x304/0x6f0 fs/ext4/extents.c:567 ext4_find_extent+0x479/0xd20 fs/ext4/extents.c:947 ext4_ext_map_blocks+0x1a3/0x2680 fs/ext4/extents.c:4182 ext4_map_blocks+0x929/0x15a0 fs/ext4/inode.c:660 ext4_iomap_begin_report+0x298/0x480 fs/ext4/inode.c:3569 iomap_iter+0x3dd/0x1010 fs/iomap/iter.c:91 iomap_fiemap+0x1f4/0x360 fs/iomap/fiemap.c:80 ext4_fiemap+0x181/0x210 fs/ext4/extents.c:5051 ioctl_fiemap.isra.0+0x1b4/0x290 fs/ioctl.c:220 do_vfs_ioctl+0x31c/0x11a0 fs/ioctl.c:811 __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:869 [inline] __se_sys_ioctl+0xae/0x190 fs/ioctl.c:857 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:51 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x70/0x120 arch/x86/entry/common.c:81 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x78/0xe2 Allocated by task 232719: kasan_save_stack+0x22/0x50 mm/kasan/common.c:45 kasan_set_track+0x25/0x30 mm/kasan/common.c:52 __kasan_slab_alloc+0x87/0x90 mm/kasan/common.c:328 kasan_slab_alloc include/linux/kasan.h:188 [inline] slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slab.h:768 [inline] slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3492 [inline] kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x1b8/0x6f0 mm/slub.c:3537 bfq_get_queue+0x215/0x1f00 block/bfq-iosched.c:5869 bfq_get_bfqq_handle_split+0x167/0x5f0 block/bfq-iosched.c:6776 bfq_init_rq+0x13a4/0x17a0 block/bfq-iosched.c:6938 bfq_insert_request.isra.0+0xe8/0xa20 block/bfq-iosched.c:6271 bfq_insert_requests+0x27f/0x390 block/bfq-iosched.c:6323 blk_mq_insert_request+0x290/0x8f0 block/blk-mq.c:2660 blk_mq_submit_bio+0x1021/0x15e0 block/blk-mq.c:3143 __submit_bio+0xa0/0x6b0 block/blk-core.c:639 __submit_bio_noacct_mq block/blk-core.c:718 [inline] submit_bio_noacct_nocheck+0x5b7/0x810 block/blk-core.c:747 submit_bio_noacct+0xca0/0x1990 block/blk-core.c:847 __ext4_read_bh fs/ext4/super.c:205 [inline] ext4_read_bh_nowait+0x15a/0x240 fs/ext4/super.c:217 ext4_read_bh_lock+0xac/0xd0 fs/ext4/super.c:242 ext4_bread_batch+0x268/0x500 fs/ext4/inode.c:958 __ext4_find_entry+0x448/0x10f0 fs/ext4/namei.c:1671 ext4_lookup_entry fs/ext4/namei.c:1774 [inline] ext4_lookup.part.0+0x359/0x6f0 fs/ext4/namei.c:1842 ext4_lookup+0x72/0x90 fs/ext4/namei.c:1839 __lookup_slow+0x257/0x480 fs/namei.c:1696 lookup_slow fs/namei.c:1713 [inline] walk_component+0x454/0x5c0 fs/namei.c:2004 link_path_walk.part.0+0x773/0xda0 fs/namei.c:2331 link_path_walk fs/namei.c:3826 [inline] path_openat+0x1b9/0x520 fs/namei.c:3826 do_filp_open+0x1b7/0x400 fs/namei.c:3857 do_sys_openat2+0x5dc/0x6e0 fs/open.c:1428 do_sys_open fs/open.c:1443 [inline] __do_sys_openat fs/open.c:1459 [inline] __se_sys_openat fs/open.c:1454 [inline] __x64_sys_openat+0x148/0x200 fs/open.c:1454 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:51 [inline] do_syscall_6 ---truncated---
Title block, bfq: fix waker_bfqq UAF after bfq_split_bfqq()
References

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Linux Linux Kernel
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-11T21:03:26.111Z

Reserved: 2024-12-29T08:45:45.726Z

Link: CVE-2025-21631

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-02-10T17:12:00.701Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2025-01-19T11:15:07.667

Modified: 2025-11-03T21:18:59.050

Link: CVE-2025-21631

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2025-01-19T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2025-21631 - Bugzilla

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Weaknesses