CVE-2025-21683
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Fix bpf_sk_select_reuseport() memory leak As pointed out in the original comment, lookup in sockmap can return a TCP ESTABLISHED socket. Such TCP socket may have had SO_ATTACH_REUSEPORT_EBPF set before it was ESTABLISHED. In other words, a non-NULL sk_reuseport_cb does not imply a non-refcounted socket. Drop sk's reference in both error paths. unreferenced object 0xffff888101911800 (size 2048): comm "test_progs", pid 44109, jiffies 4297131437 hex dump (first 32 bytes): 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 80 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ backtrace (crc 9336483b): __kmalloc_noprof+0x3bf/0x560 __reuseport_alloc+0x1d/0x40 reuseport_alloc+0xca/0x150 reuseport_attach_prog+0x87/0x140 sk_reuseport_attach_bpf+0xc8/0x100 sk_setsockopt+0x1181/0x1990 do_sock_setsockopt+0x12b/0x160 __sys_setsockopt+0x7b/0xc0 __x64_sys_setsockopt+0x1b/0x30 do_syscall_64+0x93/0x180 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 6.1.128-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 5.10.234-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 6.12.11-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 6.12.11-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 6.12.11-1 |
| linux-kernel | affected | 5.15.177 | |
| linux-kernel | 6.13 | affected | |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0ab52a8ca6e156a64c51b5e7456cac9a0ebfd9bf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b02e70be498b138e9c21701c2f33f4018ca7cd5e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b3af60928ab9129befa65e6df0310d27300942bf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bb36838dac7bb334a3f3d7eb29875593ec9473fc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cccd51dd22574216e64e5d205489e634f86999f3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d0a3b3d1176d39218b8edb2a2d03164942ab9ccd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00001.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-21683.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-21683
CWEs
CWE-401
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.