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CVE-2025-38250

Security update for the Linux Kernel

highEPSS 0.1%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: hci_core: Fix use-after-free in vhci_flush() syzbot reported use-after-free in vhci_flush() without repro. [0] From the splat, a thread close()d a vhci file descriptor while its device was being used by iotcl() on another thread. Once the last fd refcnt is released, vhci_release() calls hci_unregister_dev(), hci_free_dev(), and kfree() for struct vhci_data, which is set to hci_dev->dev->driver_data. The problem is that there is no synchronisation after unlinking hdev from hci_dev_list in hci_unregister_dev(). There might be another thread still accessing the hdev which was fetched before the unlink operation. We can use SRCU for such synchronisation. Let's run hci_dev_reset() under SRCU and wait for its completion in hci_unregister_dev(). Another option would be to restore hci_dev->destruct(), which was removed in commit 587ae086f6e4 ("Bluetooth: Remove unused hci-destruct cb"). However, this would not be a good solution, as we should not run hci_unregister_dev() while there are in-flight ioctl() requests, which could lead to another data-race KCSAN splat. Note that other drivers seem to have the same problem, for exmaple, virtbt_remove(). [0]: BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in skb_queue_empty_lockless include/linux/skbuff.h:1891 [inline] BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in skb_queue_purge_reason+0x99/0x360 net/core/skbuff.c:3937 Read of size 8 at addr ffff88807cb8d858 by task syz.1.219/6718 CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 6718 Comm: syz.1.219 Not tainted 6.16.0-rc1-syzkaller-00196-g08207f42d3ff #0 PREEMPT(full) Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 05/07/2025 Call Trace: <TASK> dump_stack_lvl+0x189/0x250 lib/dump_stack.c:120 print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:408 [inline] print_report+0xd2/0x2b0 mm/kasan/report.c:521 kasan_report+0x118/0x150 mm/kasan/report.c:634 skb_queue_empty_lockless include/linux/skbuff.h:1891 [inline] skb_queue_purge_reason+0x99/0x360 net/core/skbuff.c:3937 skb_queue_purge include/linux/skbuff.h:3368 [inline] vhci_flush+0x44/0x50 drivers/bluetooth/hci_vhci.c:69 hci_dev_do_reset net/bluetooth/hci_core.c:552 [inline] hci_dev_reset+0x420/0x5c0 net/bluetooth/hci_core.c:592 sock_do_ioctl+0xd9/0x300 net/socket.c:1190 sock_ioctl+0x576/0x790 net/socket.c:1311 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline] __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:907 [inline] __se_sys_ioctl+0xf9/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:893 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 RIP: 0033:0x7fcf5b98e929 Code: ff ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 40 00 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 a8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48 RSP: 002b:00007fcf5c7b9038 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010 RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fcf5bbb6160 RCX: 00007fcf5b98e929 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 00000000400448cb RDI: 0000000000000009 RBP: 00007fcf5ba10b39 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000 R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 00007fcf5bbb6160 R15: 00007ffd6353d528 </TASK> Allocated by task 6535: kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:47 [inline] kasan_save_track+0x3e/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:68 poison_kmalloc_redzone mm/kasan/common.c:377 [inline] __kasan_kmalloc+0x93/0xb0 mm/kasan/common.c:394 kasan_kmalloc include/linux/kasan.h:260 [inline] __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x230/0x3d0 mm/slub.c:4359 kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:905 [inline] kzalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:1039 [inline] vhci_open+0x57/0x360 drivers/bluetooth/hci_vhci.c:635 misc_open+0x2bc/0x330 drivers/char/misc.c:161 chrdev_open+0x4c9/0x5e0 fs/char_dev.c:414 do_dentry_open+0xdf0/0x1970 fs/open.c:964 vfs_open+0x3b/0x340 fs/open.c:1094 do_open fs/namei.c:3887 [inline] path_openat+0x2ee5/0x3830 fs/name ---truncated---

Source: SUSE_CSAFDEBIAN_DSAUBUNTU_USNUBUNTU_USNUBUNTU_USNUBUNTU_USNUBUNTU_USNUBUNTU_USNUBUNTU_USNUBUNTU_USNUBUNTU_USNUBUNTU_USNUBUNTU_USNBSIBSI_CSAFNVDCVEORGCVELISTV5MSRCEUVD

Metrics

Severity
high
Priority score
238.98
KEV status
—
Exploit maturity
no public PoC known
XIEM Effective CVSS
7.8
Source: nvd-v3
CVSS v3
7.8
CVSS v4
—
EPSS percentile
4.5 %
Low — this CVE sits in the lower 10% of all CVEs scored today.
EPSS score
0.1 %
Low — model estimates < 1% exploitation likelihood.
Published
2026-08-12 11:31 UTC
CWE
—

Reanalysis & status changes

Chronological NVD audit events for this CVE — reanalyses, CVSS updates, CPE diffs.

  1. CVE Modified2026-07-30 06:23 UTC· 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
    • CVSS V3.1: AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  2. CVE Modified2026-06-19 13:16 UTC· 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
    • Reference: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd4becd3fd4102696e1c15e6d260a1712a2d8685
    • Affected: Linux, Linux → Linux, Linux

Affected operating systems

  • linux

    amazon / amazon_linux

  • linux

    suse / basesystem_module15

  • linux

    debian / debian_linux11.0

  • linux

    debian / debian_linux12.0

  • linux

    debian / debian_linux13.0

  • linux

    suse / development_tools_module15

  • linux

    redhat / enterprise_linux7.0

  • linux

    redhat / enterprise_linux9.0

  • linux

    redhat / enterprise_linux10.0

  • linux

    redhat / enterprise_linux8.0

  • linux

    redhat / enterprise_linux_aus8.6

  • linux

    redhat / enterprise_linux_aus8.4

  • linux

    redhat / enterprise_linux_eus9.4

  • linux

    redhat / enterprise_linux_eus9.6

  • linux

    redhat / enterprise_linux_eus8.4

  • linux

    redhat / enterprise_linux_eus10.0

  • linux

    redhat / enterprise_linux_tus8.6

  • linux

    redhat / enterprise_linux_tus8.8

  • linux

    redhat / enterprise_linux_update_services_for_sap_solutions8.8

  • linux

    redhat / enterprise_linux_update_services_for_sap_solutions9.0

  • linux

    redhat / enterprise_linux_update_services_for_sap_solutions8.6

  • linux

    redhat / enterprise_linux_update_services_for_sap_solutions9.2

  • linux

    opensuse / leap15.5

  • linux

    opensuse / leap15.4

Affected products

Products and version ranges extracted from the vendor/CERT advisory. A range like „<4.14.6“ implies the update recommendation „upgrade to 4.14.6 or later“.

  • arista

    cloudvision_agni2024.4.0 – 2025.2.2

  • arista

    cloudvision_portal2024.2.0 – 2026.1.0

  • arista

    velocloud_edge4.5.0 – 6.4.1

  • arista

    velocloud_gateway

  • arista

    velocloud_orchestrator

  • redhat

    openshift_container_platform4.12 – 4.12.89

  • redhat

    openshift_container_platform4.13 – 4.13.66

  • redhat

    openshift_container_platform4.14 – 4.14.65

  • redhat

    openshift_container_platform4.15 – 4.15.64

  • redhat

    openshift_container_platform4.16 – 4.16.61

  • redhat

    openshift_container_platform4.17 – 4.17.53

  • redhat

    openshift_container_platform4.18 – 4.18.40

  • redhat

    openshift_container_platform4.19 – 4.19.30

  • redhat

    openshift_container_platform4.20 – 4.20.21

  • redhat

    openshift_container_platform4.21 – 4.21.14

  • redhat

    openshift_container_platform

  • siemens

    simatic_ax_runtime

  • suse

    caas_platform

  • suse

    enterprise_storage

  • suse

    manager_proxy

  • suse

    manager_retail_branch_server

  • suse

    manager_server

  • suse

    openstack_cloud

  • suse

    openstack_cloud_crowbar

References & sources

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