UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38584
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: padata: Fix pd UAF once and for all There is a race condition/UAF in padata_reorder that goes back to the initial commit. A reference count is taken at the start of the process in padata_do_parallel, and released at the end in padata_serial_worker. This reference count is (and only is) required for padata_replace to function correctly. If padata_replace is never called then there is no issue. In the function padata_reorder which serves as the core of padata, as soon as padata is added to queue->serial.list, and the associated spin lock released, that padata may be processed and the reference count on pd would go away. Fix this by getting the next padata before the squeue->serial lock is released. In order to make this possible, simplify padata_reorder by only calling it once the next padata arrives.
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
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03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: padata: Fix pd UAF once and for all There is a race condition/UAF in padata_reorder that goes back to the initial commit. A reference count is taken at the start of the process in padata_do_parallel, and released at the end in padata_serial_worker. This reference count is (and only is) required for padata_replace to function correctly. If padata_replace is never called then there is no issue. In the function padata_reorder which serves as the core of padata, as soon as padata is added to queue->serial.list, and the associated spin lock released, that padata may be processed and the reference count on pd would go away. Fix this by getting the next padata before the squeue->serial lock is released. In order to make this possible, simplify padata_reorder by only calling it once the next padata arrives.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/linus/71203f68c7749609d7fc8ae6ad054bdedeb24f91
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/71203f68c7749609d7fc8ae6ad054bdedeb24f91
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cdf79bd2e1ecb3cc75631c73d8f4149be6019a52
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dbe3e911a59bda6de96e7cae387ff882c2c177fa
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-38584
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7879-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7879-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7879-3
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7879-4
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7880-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7934-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8028-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8028-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8028-3
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8028-4
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8028-5
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8028-6
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8028-7
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8028-8
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8031-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8031-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8031-3
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8033-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8033-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8033-3
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8033-4
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8033-5
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8033-6
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8033-7
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8033-8
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8034-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8034-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8052-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8052-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8074-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8074-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8126-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8141-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8163-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8163-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8243-1
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38584