CVE-2025-38102

VMCI: fix race between vmci_host_setup_notify and vmci_ctx_unset_notify

HIGH
7
CVSS Score
Published: July 3, 2025 at 08:35 AM UTC
Updated: October 15, 2026 at 10:18 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsLinux KernelDebian Linux

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Severity
HIGH7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: VMCI: fix race between vmci_host_setup_notify and vmci_ctx_unset_notify During our test, it is found that a warning can be trigger in try_grab_folio as follow: ------------[ cut here ]------------ WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 1678 at mm/gup.c:147 try_grab_folio+0x106/0x130 Modules linked in: CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 1678 Comm: syz.3.31 Not tainted 6.15.0-rc5 #163 PREEMPT(undef) RIP: 0010:try_grab_folio+0x106/0x130 Call Trace: <TASK> follow_huge_pmd+0x240/0x8e0 follow_pmd_mask.constprop.0.isra.0+0x40b/0x5c0 follow_pud_mask.constprop.0.isra.0+0x14a/0x170 follow_page_mask+0x1c2/0x1f0 __get_user_pages+0x176/0x950 __gup_longterm_locked+0x15b/0x1060 ? gup_fast+0x120/0x1f0 gup_fast_fallback+0x17e/0x230 get_user_pages_fast+0x5f/0x80 vmci_host_unlocked_ioctl+0x21c/0xf80 RIP: 0033:0x54d2cd ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- Digging into the source, context->notify_page may init by get_user_pages_fast and can be seen in vmci_ctx_unset_notify which will try to put_page. However get_user_pages_fast is not finished here and lead to following try_grab_folio warning. The race condition is shown as follow: cpu0 cpu1 vmci_host_do_set_notify vmci_host_setup_notify get_user_pages_fast(uva, 1, FOLL_WRITE, &context->notify_page); lockless_pages_from_mm gup_pgd_range gup_huge_pmd // update &context->notify_page vmci_host_do_set_notify vmci_ctx_unset_notify notify_page = context->notify_page; if (notify_page) put_page(notify_page); // page is freed __gup_longterm_locked __get_user_pages follow_trans_huge_pmd try_grab_folio // warn here To slove this, use local variable page to make notify_page can be seen after finish get_user_pages_fast.

Affected

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

All versions4.0 ≤ v < 5.4.2965.11 ≤ v < 5.15.1865.16 ≤ v < 6.1.1425.5 ≤ v < 5.10.2406.13 ≤ v < 6.15.36.2 ≤ v < 6.6.946.7 ≤ v < 6.12.344.0a1d88436d53a75e950db15834b3d2f8c0c358fdc
Vendor states this is fixed in 00ddc7dad55b7bbb78df80d6e174d0c4764dea0c (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 1bd6406fb5f36c2bb1e96e27d4c3e9f4d09edde4 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 468aec888f838ce5174b96e0cb4396790d6f60ca (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 58a90db70aa6616411e5f69d1982d9b1dd97d774 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6e3af836805ed1d7a699f76ec798626198917aa4 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 74095bbbb19ca74a0368d857603a2438c88ca86c (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 75b5313c80c39a26d27cbb602f968a05576c36f9 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in b4209e4b778e4e57d0636e1c9fc07a924dbc6043 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4.0 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.240 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.186 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.4.296 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.142 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.34 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.15.3 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.16 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.94 (unaffected)

References (10)

Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/00ddc7dad55b7bbb78df80d6e174d0c4764dea0c
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1bd6406fb5f36c2bb1e96e27d4c3e9f4d09edde4
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/468aec888f838ce5174b96e0cb4396790d6f60ca
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/58a90db70aa6616411e5f69d1982d9b1dd97d774
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e3af836805ed1d7a699f76ec798626198917aa4
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/74095bbbb19ca74a0368d857603a2438c88ca86c
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/75b5313c80c39a26d27cbb602f968a05576c36f9
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b4209e4b778e4e57d0636e1c9fc07a924dbc6043

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

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CVSS

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

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-362

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