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CVE-2025-21825
Medium · 4.7
CWE-415 Mar 6, 2025
bpf: Cancel the running bpf_timer through kworker for PREEMPT_RT
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
bpf: Cancel the running bpf_timer through kworker for PREEMPT_RT
During the update procedure, when overwrite element in a pre-allocated
htab, the freeing of old_element is protected by the bucket lock. The
reason why the bucket lock is necessary is that the old_element has
already been stashed in htab->extra_elems after alloc_htab_elem()
returns. If freeing the old_element after the bucket lock is unlocked,
the stashed element may be reused by concurrent update procedure and the
freeing of old_element will run concurrently with the reuse of the
old_element. However, the invocation of check_and_free_fields() may
acquire a spin-lock which violates the lockdep rule because its caller
has already held a raw-spin-lock (bucket lock). The following warning
will be reported when such race happens:
BUG: scheduling while atomic: test_progs/676/0x00000003
3 locks held by test_progs/676:
#0: ffffffff864b0240 (rcu_read_lock_trace){....}-{0:0}, at: bpf_prog_test_run_syscall+0x2c0/0x830
#1: ffff88810e961188 (&htab->lockdep_key){....}-{2:2}, at: htab_map_update_elem+0x306/0x1500
#2: ffff8881f4eac1b8 (&base->softirq_expiry_lock){....}-{2:2}, at: hrtimer_cancel_wait_running+0xe9/0x1b0
Modules linked in: bpf_testmod(O)
Preemption disabled at:
[<ffffffff817837a3>] htab_map_update_elem+0x293/0x1500
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 676 Comm: test_progs Tainted: G ... 6.12.0+ #11
Tainted: [W]=WARN, [O]=OOT_MODULE
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)...
Call Trace:
<TASK>
dump_stack_lvl+0x57/0x70
dump_stack+0x10/0x20
__schedule_bug+0x120/0x170
__schedule+0x300c/0x4800
schedule_rtlock+0x37/0x60
rtlock_slowlock_locked+0x6d9/0x54c0
rt_spin_lock+0x168/0x230
hrtimer_cancel_wait_running+0xe9/0x1b0
hrtimer_cancel+0x24/0x30
bpf_timer_delete_work+0x1d/0x40
bpf_timer_cancel_and_free+0x5e/0x80
bpf_obj_free_fields+0x262/0x4a0
check_and_free_fields+0x1d0/0x280
htab_map_update_elem+0x7fc/0x1500
bpf_prog_9f90bc20768e0cb9_overwrite_cb+0x3f/0x43
bpf_prog_ea601c4649694dbd_overwrite_timer+0x5d/0x7e
bpf_prog_test_run_syscall+0x322/0x830
__sys_bpf+0x135d/0x3ca0
__x64_sys_bpf+0x75/0xb0
x64_sys_call+0x1b5/0xa10
do_syscall_64+0x3b/0xc0
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0x53
...
</TASK>
It seems feasible to break the reuse and refill of per-cpu extra_elems
into two independent parts: reuse the per-cpu extra_elems with bucket
lock being held and refill the old_element as per-cpu extra_elems after
the bucket lock is unlocked. However, it will make the concurrent
overwrite procedures on the same CPU return unexpected -E2BIG error when
the map is full.
Therefore, the patch fixes the lock problem by breaking the cancelling
of bpf_timer into two steps for PREEMPT_RT:
1) use hrtimer_try_to_cancel() and check its return value
2) if the timer is running, use hrtimer_cancel() through a kworker to
cancel it again
Considering that the current implementation of hrtimer_cancel() will try
to acquire a being held softirq_expiry_lock when the current timer is
running, these steps above are reasonable. However, it also has
downside. When the timer is running, the cancelling of the timer is
delayed when releasing the last map uref. The delay is also fixable
(e.g., break the cancelling of bpf timer into two parts: one part in
locked scope, another one in unlocked scope), it can be revised later if
necessary.
It is a bit hard to decide the right fix tag. One reason is that the
problem depends on PREEMPT_RT which is enabled in v6.12. Considering the
softirq_expiry_lock lock exists since v5.4 and bpf_timer is introduced
in v5.15, the bpf_timer commit is used in the fixes tag and an extra
depends-on tag is added to state the dependency on PREEMPT_RT.
Depends-on: v6.12+ with PREEMPT_RT enabled
CVE-2024-57980
High · 7.8
CWE-415 Feb 26, 2025
media: uvcvideo: Fix double free in error path
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
media: uvcvideo: Fix double free in error path
If the uvc_status_init() function fails to allocate the int_urb, it will
free the dev->status pointer but doesn't reset the pointer to NULL. This
results in the kfree() call in uvc_status_cleanup() trying to
double-free the memory. Fix it by resetting the dev->status pointer to
NULL after freeing it.
Reviewed by: Ricardo Ribalda <ribalda@chromium.org>
CVE-2024-42123
Medium · 4.4
CWE-415 Jul 30, 2024
drm/amdgpu: fix double free err_addr pointer warnings
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/amdgpu: fix double free err_addr pointer warnings
In amdgpu_umc_bad_page_polling_timeout, the amdgpu_umc_handle_bad_pages
will be run many times so that double free err_addr in some special case.
So set the err_addr to NULL to avoid the warnings.
CVE-2024-41046
High · 7.8
CWE-415 Jul 29, 2024
net: ethernet: lantiq_etop: fix double free in detach
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: ethernet: lantiq_etop: fix double free in detach
The number of the currently released descriptor is never incremented
which results in the same skb being released multiple times.
CVE-2024-39292
Medium · 5.5
CWE-415 Jun 24, 2024
um: Add winch to winch_handlers before registering winch IRQ
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
um: Add winch to winch_handlers before registering winch IRQ
Registering a winch IRQ is racy, an interrupt may occur before the winch is
added to the winch_handlers list.
If that happens, register_winch_irq() adds to that list a winch that is
scheduled to be (or has already been) freed, causing a panic later in
winch_cleanup().
Avoid the race by adding the winch to the winch_handlers list before
registering the IRQ, and rolling back if um_request_irq() fails.
CVE-2024-36940
High · 7.8
CWE-415 May 30, 2024
pinctrl: core: delete incorrect free in pinctrl_enable()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
pinctrl: core: delete incorrect free in pinctrl_enable()
The "pctldev" struct is allocated in devm_pinctrl_register_and_init().
It's a devm_ managed pointer that is freed by devm_pinctrl_dev_release(),
so freeing it in pinctrl_enable() will lead to a double free.
The devm_pinctrl_dev_release() function frees the pindescs and destroys
the mutex as well.
CVE-2022-2588
High · 7.8
CWE-415 Jan 8, 2024
Double Free in Linux Linux Kernel
It was discovered that the cls_route filter implementation in the Linux kernel would not remove an old filter from the hashtable before freeing it if its handle had the value 0.
CVE-2023-29469
Medium · 6.5
CWE-415 Apr 24, 2023
An issue was discovered in libxml2 before 2.10.4. When hashing empty dict strings in a crafted...
An issue was discovered in libxml2 before 2.10.4. When hashing empty dict strings in a crafted XML document, xmlDictComputeFastKey in dict.c can produce non-deterministic values, leading to various logic and memory errors, such as a double free. This behavior occurs because there is an attempt to use the first byte of an empty string, and any value is possible (not solely the '\0' value).
CVE-2023-27537
Medium · 5.9
CWE-415 Mar 30, 2023
A double free vulnerability exists in libcurl <8.0.0 when sharing HSTS data between separate ...
A double free vulnerability exists in libcurl <8.0.0 when sharing HSTS data between separate "handles". This sharing was introduced without considerations for do this sharing across separate threads but there was no indication of this fact in the documentation. Due to missing mutexes or thread locks, two threads sharing the same HSTS data could end up doing a double-free or use-after-free.
CVE-2022-4450
High · 7.5
CWE-415 Feb 8, 2023
Double free after calling PEM_read_bio_ex
The function PEM_read_bio_ex() reads a PEM file from a BIO and parses and
decodes the "name" (e.g. "CERTIFICATE"), any header data and the payload data.
If the function succeeds then the "name_out", "header" and "data" arguments are
populated with pointers to buffers containing the relevant decoded data. The
caller is responsible for freeing those buffers. It is possible to construct a
PEM file that results in 0 bytes of payload data. In this case PEM_read_bio_ex()
will return a failure code but will populate the header argument with a pointer
to a buffer that has already been freed. If the caller also frees this buffer
then a double free will occur. This will most likely lead to a crash. This
could be exploited by an attacker who has the ability to supply malicious PEM
files for parsing to achieve a denial of service attack.
The functions PEM_read_bio() and PEM_read() are simple wrappers around
PEM_read_bio_ex() and therefore these functions are also directly affected.
These functions are also called indirectly by a number of other OpenSSL
functions including PEM_X509_INFO_read_bio_ex() and
SSL_CTX_use_serverinfo_file() which are also vulnerable. Some OpenSSL internal
uses of these functions are not vulnerable because the caller does not free the
header argument if PEM_read_bio_ex() returns a failure code. These locations
include the PEM_read_bio_TYPE() functions as well as the decoders introduced in
OpenSSL 3.0.
The OpenSSL asn1parse command line application is also impacted by this issue.
CVE-2023-25136
Medium · 6.5
CWE-415 Feb 3, 2023
OpenSSH server (sshd) 9.1 introduced a double-free vulnerability during options.kex_algorithms...
OpenSSH server (sshd) 9.1 introduced a double-free vulnerability during options.kex_algorithms handling. This is fixed in OpenSSH 9.2. The double free can be leveraged, by an unauthenticated remote attacker in the default configuration, to jump to any location in the sshd address space. One third-party report states "remote code execution is theoretically possible."
CVE-2022-40304
High · 7.8
CWE-415 Nov 23, 2022
Double Free in Xmlsoft Libxml2
An issue was discovered in libxml2 before 2.10.3. Certain invalid XML entity definitions can corrupt a hash table key, potentially leading to subsequent logic errors. In one case, a double-free can be provoked.
CVE-2022-42915
High · 8.1
CWE-415 Oct 29, 2022
curl before 7.86.0 has a double free. If curl is told to use an HTTP proxy for a transfer with a...
curl before 7.86.0 has a double free. If curl is told to use an HTTP proxy for a transfer with a non-HTTP(S) URL, it sets up the connection to the remote server by issuing a CONNECT request to the proxy, and then tunnels the rest of the protocol through. An HTTP proxy might refuse this request (HTTP proxies often only allow outgoing connections to specific port numbers, like 443 for HTTPS) and instead return a non-200 status code to the client. Due to flaws in the error/cleanup handling, this could trigger a double free in curl if one of the following schemes were used in the URL for the transfer: dict, gopher, gophers, ldap, ldaps, rtmp, rtmps, or telnet. The earliest affected version is 7.77.0.
CVE-2022-2509
High · 7.5
CWE-415 Aug 1, 2022
A vulnerability found in gnutls. This security flaw happens because of a double free error occurs...
A vulnerability found in gnutls. This security flaw happens because of a double free error occurs during verification of pkcs7 signatures in gnutls_pkcs7_verify function.
CVE-2022-2327
High · 7.8
CWE-415 Jul 22, 2022
Use-after-free in io_uring ad work_flags in Linux Kernel
io_uring use work_flags to determine which identity need to grab from the calling process to make sure it is consistent with the calling process when executing IORING_OP. Some operations are missing some types, which can lead to incorrect reference counts which can then lead to a double free. We recommend upgrading the kernel past commit df3f3bb5059d20ef094d6b2f0256c4bf4127a859
CVE-2021-22600
High · 7.0
KEV High · 61 Public exploit CWE-415 Jan 26, 2022
Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
A double free bug in packet_set_ring() in net/packet/af_packet.c can be exploited by a local user through crafted syscalls to escalate privileges or deny service. We recommend upgrading kernel past the effected versions or rebuilding past ec6af094ea28f0f2dda1a6a33b14cd57e36a9755
CVE-2021-22945
Critical · 9.1
CWE-415 Sep 23, 2021
When sending data to an MQTT server, libcurl <= 7.73.0 and 7.78.0 could in some circumstances...
When sending data to an MQTT server, libcurl <= 7.73.0 and 7.78.0 could in some circumstances erroneously keep a pointer to an already freed memory area and both use that again in a subsequent call to send data and also free it *again*.
CVE-2021-37159
Medium · 6.4
CWE-415 Jul 21, 2021
Double Free in Linux Linux Kernel
hso_free_net_device in drivers/net/usb/hso.c in the Linux kernel through 5.13.4 calls unregister_netdev without checking for the NETREG_REGISTERED state, leading to a use-after-free and a double free.
CVE-2021-28041
High · 7.1
CWE-415 Mar 5, 2021
ssh-agent in OpenSSH before 8.5 has a double free that may be relevant in a few less-common...
ssh-agent in OpenSSH before 8.5 has a double free that may be relevant in a few less-common scenarios, such as unconstrained agent-socket access on a legacy operating system, or the forwarding of an agent to an attacker-controlled host.
CVE-2021-27645
Low · 2.5
CWE-415 Feb 24, 2021
The nameserver caching daemon (nscd) in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.29 through 2.33,...
The nameserver caching daemon (nscd) in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.29 through 2.33, when processing a request for netgroup lookup, may crash due to a double-free, potentially resulting in degraded service or Denial of Service on the local system. This is related to netgroupcache.c.
CVE-2020-36225
High · 7.5
CWE-415 Jan 26, 2021
A flaw was discovered in OpenLDAP before 2.4.57 leading to a double free and slapd crash in the...
A flaw was discovered in OpenLDAP before 2.4.57 leading to a double free and slapd crash in the saslAuthzTo processing, resulting in denial of service.
CVE-2020-9859
High · 7.8
KEV High · 50 CWE-415 Jun 5, 2020
Apple Multiple Products Code Execution Vulnerability
A memory consumption issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in iOS 13.5.1 and iPadOS 13.5.1, macOS Catalina 10.15.5 Supplemental Update, tvOS 13.4.6, watchOS 6.2.6. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.
CVE-2020-6072
Critical · 9.8
CWE-415 Mar 24, 2020
Double Free in Videolabs Libmicrodns
An exploitable code execution vulnerability exists in the label-parsing functionality of Videolabs libmicrodns 0.1.0. When parsing compressed labels in mDNS messages, the rr_decode function's return value is not checked, leading to a double free that could be exploited to execute arbitrary code. An attacker can send an mDNS message to trigger this vulnerability.
CVE-2019-5481
Critical · 9.8
CWE-415 Sep 16, 2019
Double-free vulnerability in the FTP-kerberos code in cURL 7.52.0 to 7.65.3.
Double-free vulnerability in the FTP-kerberos code in cURL 7.52.0 to 7.65.3.
CVE-2019-5460
Medium · 5.5
CWE-415 Jul 30, 2019
Double Free in Videolan Vlc Media Player
Double Free in VLC versions <= 3.0.6 leads to a crash.