CVE-2025-21672

afs: Fix merge preference rule failure condition

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: January 31, 2025 at 11:25 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 08:43 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: afs: Fix merge preference rule failure condition syzbot reported a lock held when returning to userspace[1]. This is because if argc is less than 0 and the function returns directly, the held inode lock is not released. Fix this by store the error in ret and jump to done to clean up instead of returning directly. [dh: Modified Lizhi Xu's original patch to make it honour the error code from afs_split_string()] [1] WARNING: lock held when returning to user space! 6.13.0-rc3-syzkaller-00209-g499551201b5f #0 Not tainted ------------------------------------------------ syz-executor133/5823 is leaving the kernel with locks still held! 1 lock held by syz-executor133/5823: #0: ffff888071cffc00 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#9){++++}-{4:4}, at: inode_lock include/linux/fs.h:818 [inline] #0: ffff888071cffc00 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#9){++++}-{4:4}, at: afs_proc_addr_prefs_write+0x2bb/0x14e0 fs/afs/addr_prefs.c:388

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 6.12.116.8 ≤ v < 6.12.116.8 ≤ v < 6.136.13 rc16.13 rc26.13 rc36.13 rc46.13 rc56.13 rc6f94f70d39cc2d54079ebae934862198516315db2
Vendor states this is fixed in 17a4fde81d3a7478d97d15304a6d61094a10c2e3 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 22be1d90a6211c88dd093b25d1f3aa974d0d9f9d (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.11 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.13 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.8 (unaffected)

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (2)

Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/17a4fde81d3a7478d97d15304a6d61094a10c2e3
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/22be1d90a6211c88dd093b25d1f3aa974d0d9f9d

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

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CVSS

5.5MEDIUMCISA-ADP
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-667

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