vulnerability
Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2025-21887: Security patch for kernel (Multiple Advisories)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:C/A:C) | Mar 27, 2025 | Apr 10, 2025 | Apr 30, 2025 |
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ovl: fix UAF in ovl_dentry_update_reval by moving dput() in ovl_link_up
The issue was caused by dput(upper) being called before
ovl_dentry_update_reval(), while upper->d_flags was still
accessed in ovl_dentry_remote().
Move dput(upper) after its last use to prevent use-after-free.
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in ovl_dentry_remote fs/overlayfs/util.c:162 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in ovl_dentry_update_reval+0xd2/0xf0 fs/overlayfs/util.c:167
Call Trace:
__dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline]
dump_stack_lvl+0x116/0x1f0 lib/dump_stack.c:114
print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:377 [inline]
print_report+0xc3/0x620 mm/kasan/report.c:488
kasan_report+0xd9/0x110 mm/kasan/report.c:601
ovl_dentry_remote fs/overlayfs/util.c:162 [inline]
ovl_dentry_update_reval+0xd2/0xf0 fs/overlayfs/util.c:167
ovl_link_up fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c:610 [inline]
ovl_copy_up_one+0x2105/0x3490 fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c:1170
ovl_copy_up_flags+0x18d/0x200 fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c:1223
ovl_rename+0x39e/0x18c0 fs/overlayfs/dir.c:1136
vfs_rename+0xf84/0x20a0 fs/namei.c:4893
...
Solution(s)
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