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CVE-2025-38666— net: appletalk: Fix use-after-free in AARP proxy probe

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Linux Linux
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Linux kernel是美国Linux基金会的开源操作系统Linux所使用的内核。 Linux kernel存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于竞争条件，可能导致释放后重用。

AI Predicted 7.8 Difficulty: Hard EPSS 0.17% · P7

Possible ATT&CK Techniques 1 AI

T1068 · Exploitation for Privilege Escalation

Affected Version Matrix 18

VendorProduct Version RangeStatus
Linux Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2< b35694ffabb2af308a1f725d70f60fd8a47d1f3e affected
1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2< 82d19a70ced28b17a38ebf1b6978c6c7db894979 affected
1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2< 186942d19c0222617ef61f50e1dba91e269a5963 affected
1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2< 2a6209e4649d45fd85d4193abc481911858ffc6f affected
1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2< e4f1564c5b699eb89b3040688fd6b4e57922f1f6 affected
1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2< 5f02ea0f63dd38c41539ea290fcc1693c73aa8e5 affected
1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2< f90b6bb203f3f38bf2b3d976113d51571df9a482 affected
1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2< 6c4a92d07b0850342d3becf2e608f805e972467c affected
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Vulnerability Title
net: appletalk: Fix use-after-free in AARP proxy probe
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: appletalk: Fix use-after-free in AARP proxy probe The AARP proxy‐probe routine (aarp_proxy_probe_network) sends a probe, releases the aarp_lock, sleeps, then re-acquires the lock. During that window an expire timer thread (__aarp_expire_timer) can remove and kfree() the same entry, leading to a use-after-free. race condition: cpu 0 | cpu 1 atalk_sendmsg() | atif_proxy_probe_device() aarp_send_ddp() | aarp_proxy_probe_network() mod_timer() | lock(aarp_lock) // LOCK!! timeout around 200ms | alloc(aarp_entry) and then call | proxies[hash] = aarp_entry aarp_expire_timeout() | aarp_send_probe() | unlock(aarp_lock) // UNLOCK!! lock(aarp_lock) // LOCK!! | msleep(100); __aarp_expire_timer(&proxies[ct]) | free(aarp_entry) | unlock(aarp_lock) // UNLOCK!! | | lock(aarp_lock) // LOCK!! | UAF aarp_entry !! ================================================================== BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in aarp_proxy_probe_network+0x560/0x630 net/appletalk/aarp.c:493 Read of size 4 at addr ffff8880123aa360 by task repro/13278 CPU: 3 UID: 0 PID: 13278 Comm: repro Not tainted 6.15.2 #3 PREEMPT(full) Call Trace: <TASK> __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:94 [inline] dump_stack_lvl+0x116/0x1b0 lib/dump_stack.c:120 print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:408 [inline] print_report+0xc1/0x630 mm/kasan/report.c:521 kasan_report+0xca/0x100 mm/kasan/report.c:634 aarp_proxy_probe_network+0x560/0x630 net/appletalk/aarp.c:493 atif_proxy_probe_device net/appletalk/ddp.c:332 [inline] atif_ioctl+0xb58/0x16c0 net/appletalk/ddp.c:857 atalk_ioctl+0x198/0x2f0 net/appletalk/ddp.c:1818 sock_do_ioctl+0xdc/0x260 net/socket.c:1190 sock_ioctl+0x239/0x6a0 net/socket.c:1311 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline] __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:906 [inline] __se_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:892 [inline] __x64_sys_ioctl+0x194/0x200 fs/ioctl.c:892 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xcb/0x250 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f </TASK> Allocated: aarp_alloc net/appletalk/aarp.c:382 [inline] aarp_proxy_probe_network+0xd8/0x630 net/appletalk/aarp.c:468 atif_proxy_probe_device net/appletalk/ddp.c:332 [inline] atif_ioctl+0xb58/0x16c0 net/appletalk/ddp.c:857 atalk_ioctl+0x198/0x2f0 net/appletalk/ddp.c:1818 Freed: kfree+0x148/0x4d0 mm/slub.c:4841 __aarp_expire net/appletalk/aarp.c:90 [inline] __aarp_expire_timer net/appletalk/aarp.c:261 [inline] aarp_expire_timeout+0x480/0x6e0 net/appletalk/aarp.c:317 The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff8880123aa300 which belongs to the cache kmalloc-192 of size 192 The buggy address is located 96 bytes inside of freed 192-byte region [ffff8880123aa300, ffff8880123aa3c0) Memory state around the buggy address: ffff8880123aa200: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ffff8880123aa280: 00 00 00 00 fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc >ffff8880123aa300: fa fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb ^ ffff8880123aa380: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc ffff8880123aa400: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ==================================================================
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
CVSS Information
N/A
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Title
Linux kernel 安全漏洞
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Description
Linux kernel是美国Linux基金会的开源操作系统Linux所使用的内核。 Linux kernel存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于竞争条件，可能导致释放后重用。
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
CVSS Information
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)

Affected Products

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Linux Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 ~ b35694ffabb2af308a1f725d70f60fd8a47d1f3e -
Linux Linux 2.6.12 -

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Patches & Fixes for CVE-2025-38666 (1)

Same Patch Batch · Linux · 2025-08-22 · 60 CVEs total

CVE-2025-38660 9.8 CRITICAL [ceph] parse_longname(): strrchr() expects NUL-terminated string
CVE-2025-38658 8.8 HIGH nvmet: pci-epf: Do not complete commands twice if nvmet_req_init() fails
CVE-2025-38643 8.8 HIGH wifi: cfg80211: Add missing lock in cfg80211_check_and_end_cac()
CVE-2024-58239 8.2 HIGH tls: stop recv() if initial process_rx_list gave us non-DATA
CVE-2025-38675 7.8 HIGH xfrm: state: initialize state_ptrs earlier in xfrm_state_find
CVE-2025-38627 7.8 HIGH f2fs: compress: fix UAF of f2fs_inode_info in f2fs_free_dic
CVE-2025-38653 7.8 HIGH proc: use the same treatment to check proc_lseek as ones for proc_read_iter et.al
CVE-2025-38659 7.8 HIGH gfs2: No more self recovery
CVE-2025-38640 7.8 HIGH bpf: Disable migration in nf_hook_run_bpf().
CVE-2025-38656 7.8 HIGH wifi: iwlwifi: Fix error code in iwl_op_mode_dvm_start()
CVE-2025-38617 7.8 HIGH net/packet: fix a race in packet_set_ring() and packet_notifier()
CVE-2025-38670 7.8 HIGH arm64/entry: Mask DAIF in cpu_switch_to(), call_on_irq_stack()
CVE-2025-38618 7.8 HIGH vsock: Do not allow binding to VMADDR_PORT_ANY
CVE-2025-38616 7.8 HIGH tls: handle data disappearing from under the TLS ULP
CVE-2025-38667 7.8 HIGH iio: fix potential out-of-bound write
CVE-2025-38619 7.8 HIGH media: ti: j721e-csi2rx: fix list_del corruption
CVE-2025-38652 7.3 HIGH f2fs: fix to avoid out-of-boundary access in devs.path
CVE-2025-38657 7.3 HIGH wifi: rtw89: mcc: prevent shift wrapping in rtw89_core_mlsr_switch()
CVE-2025-38639 7.1 HIGH netfilter: xt_nfacct: don't assume acct name is null-terminated
CVE-2025-38662 7.1 HIGH ASoC: mediatek: mt8365-dai-i2s: pass correct size to mt8365_dai_set_priv

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