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Correcci\u00f3n de la competencia entre rmmod y la instanciaci\u00f3n de inodo de /proc/XXX. El error es que pde-&gt;proc_ops no pertenece a /proc, sino a un m\u00f3dulo; por lo tanto, desreferenciarlo despu\u00e9s de registrar la entrada /proc es un error, a menos que se haya usado el par use_pde/unuse_pde(). Se puede evitar usar_pde/unuse_pde (\u00a12 operaciones at\u00f3micas!) porque pde-&gt;proc_ops nunca cambia, de modo que la informaci\u00f3n necesaria para la instanciaci\u00f3n de inodo se puede guardar _antes_ de proc_register() en el propio PDE y usarse m\u00e1s tarde, evitando la desreferencia de pde-&gt;proc_ops-&gt;... . rmmod lookup sys_delete_module proc_lookup_de pde_get(de); proc_get_inode(dir-&gt;i_sb, de); mod-&gt;exit() proc_remove eliminar_sub\u00e1rbol_proc proc_entry_rundown(de); liberar_m\u00f3dulo(mod); if (S_ISREG(inode-&gt;i_mode)) if (de-&gt;proc_ops-&gt;proc_read_iter) --&gt; Como el m\u00f3dulo ya est\u00e1 liberado, se activar\u00e1 UAF ERROR: no se puede manejar el error de p\u00e1gina para la direcci\u00f3n: fffffbfff80a702b PGD 817fc4067 P4D 817fc4067 PUD 817fc0067 PMD 102ef4067 PTE 0 Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN PTI CPU: 26 UID: 0 PID: 2667 Comm: ls Tainted: G Nombre del hardware: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996) RIP: 0010:proc_get_inode+0x302/0x6e0 RSP: 0018:ffff88811c837998 EFLAGS: 00010a06 RAX: dffffc0000000000 RBX: fffffffc0538140 RCX: 0000000000000007 RDX: 1ffffffff80a702b RSI: 0000000000000001 RDI: ffffffffc0538158 RBP: ffff8881299a6000 R08: 0000000067bbe1e5 R09: 1ffff11023906f20 R10: ffffffffb560ca07 R11: ffffffffb2b43a58 R12: ffff888105bb78f0 R13: ffff888100518048 R14: ffff8881299a6004 R15: 0000000000000001 FS: 00007f95b9686840(0000) GS:ffff8883af100000(0000) knlGS:000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: fffffbfff80a702b CR3: 0000000117dd2000 CR4: 00000000000006f0 DR0: 00000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Rastreo de llamadas: proc_lookup_de+0x11f/0x2e0 __lookup_slow+0x188/0x350 walk_component+0x2ab/0x4f0 path_lookupat+0x120/0x660 filename_lookup+0x1ce/0x560 vfs_statx+0xac/0x150 __do_sys_newstat+0x96/0x110 do_syscall_64+0x5f/0x170 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e [adobriyan@gmail.com: no realice 2 operaciones at\u00f3micas en la ruta com\u00fan]"}], "id": "CVE-2025-21999", "lastModified": "2025-11-03T20:17:36.150", "metrics": {"cvssMetricV31": [{"cvssData": {"attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackVector": "LOCAL", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "baseScore": 7.8, "baseSeverity": "HIGH", "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH", "integrityImpact": "HIGH", "privilegesRequired": "LOW", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "userInteraction": "NONE", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "version": "3.1"}, "exploitabilityScore": 1.8, "impactScore": 5.9, "source": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0", "type": "Secondary"}]}, "published": "2025-04-03T08:15:15.360", "references": [{"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b0b8445b6fd41e6f62ac90547a0ea9d348de3fa"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/63b53198aff2e4e6c5866a4ff73c7891f958ffa4"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64dc7c68e040251d9ec6e989acb69f8f6ae4a10b"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/654b33ada4ab5e926cd9c570196fefa7bec7c1df"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/966f331403dc3ed04ff64eaf3930cf1267965e53"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eda279586e571b05dff44d48e05f8977ad05855d"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ede3e8ac90ae106f0b29cd759aadebc1568f1308"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00030.html"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00045.html"}], "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "vulnStatus": "Modified", "weaknesses": [{"description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "CWE-416"}], "source": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0", "type": "Secondary"}]}

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