CVE-2025-38653high

CVE-2025-38653: high-severity vulnerability in Linux

proc: use the same treatment to check proc_lseek as ones for proc_read_iter et.al

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21Vexday Risk Score

No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.

ssvc Trackcvss 7.8epss 0.2%
exploitation probability
0.2%top 94% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: proc: use the same treatment to check proc_lseek as ones for proc_read_iter et.al Check pde->proc_ops->proc_lseek directly may cause UAF in rmmod scenario. It's a gap in proc_reg_open() after commit 654b33ada4ab("proc: fix UAF in proc_get_inode()"). Followed by AI Viro's suggestion, fix it in same manner.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
Linux · Linux
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References
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1fccbfbae1dd36198dc47feac696563244ad81d3https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/33c778ea0bd0fa62ff590497e72562ff90f82b13https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c35b0feb80b48720dfbbf4e33759c7be3faaebb6https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d136502e04d8853a9aecb335d07bbefd7a1519a8https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fc1072d934f687e1221d685cf1a49a5068318f34https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ff7ec8dc1b646296f8d94c39339e8d3833d16c05https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html