{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2025-22070", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2024-12-29T08:45:45.814Z", "datePublished": "2025-04-16T14:12:23.295Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T21:12:04.522Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T21:12:04.522Z" }, "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nfs/9p: fix NULL pointer dereference on mkdir\n\nWhen a 9p tree was mounted with option 'posixacl', parent directory had a\ndefault ACL set for its subdirectories, e.g.:\n\n setfacl -m default:group:simpsons:rwx parentdir\n\nthen creating a subdirectory crashed 9p client, as v9fs_fid_add() call in\nfunction v9fs_vfs_mkdir_dotl() sets the passed 'fid' pointer to NULL\n(since dafbe689736) even though the subsequent v9fs_set_create_acl() call\nexpects a valid non-NULL 'fid' pointer:\n\n [ 37.273191] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000\n ...\n [ 37.322338] Call Trace:\n [ 37.323043] \n [ 37.323621] ? __die (arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack.c:421 arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack.c:434)\n [ 37.324448] ? page_fault_oops (arch/x86/mm/fault.c:714)\n [ 37.325532] ? search_module_extables (kernel/module/main.c:3733)\n [ 37.326742] ? p9_client_walk (net/9p/client.c:1165) 9pnet\n [ 37.328006] ? search_bpf_extables (kernel/bpf/core.c:804)\n [ 37.329142] ? exc_page_fault (./arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h:686 arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1488 arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1538)\n [ 37.330196] ? asm_exc_page_fault (./arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:574)\n [ 37.331330] ? p9_client_walk (net/9p/client.c:1165) 9pnet\n [ 37.332562] ? v9fs_fid_xattr_get (fs/9p/xattr.c:30) 9p\n [ 37.333824] v9fs_fid_xattr_set (fs/9p/fid.h:23 fs/9p/xattr.c:121) 9p\n [ 37.335077] v9fs_set_acl (fs/9p/acl.c:276) 9p\n [ 37.336112] v9fs_set_create_acl (fs/9p/acl.c:307) 9p\n [ 37.337326] v9fs_vfs_mkdir_dotl (fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c:411) 9p\n [ 37.338590] vfs_mkdir (fs/namei.c:4313)\n [ 37.339535] do_mkdirat (fs/namei.c:4336)\n [ 37.340465] __x64_sys_mkdir (fs/namei.c:4354)\n [ 37.341455] do_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83)\n [ 37.342447] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:130)\n\nFix this by simply swapping the sequence of these two calls in\nv9fs_vfs_mkdir_dotl(), i.e. calling v9fs_set_create_acl() before\nv9fs_fid_add()." } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "dafbe689736f62c696ac64809b17bdc752cfbe76", "lessThan": "8522051c58d68146b93e8a5ba9987e83b3d64e7b", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "dafbe689736f62c696ac64809b17bdc752cfbe76", "lessThan": "2139dea5c53e3bb63ac49a6901c85e525a80ee8a", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "dafbe689736f62c696ac64809b17bdc752cfbe76", "lessThan": "6517b395cb1e43fbf3962dd93e6fb4a5e5ab100e", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "dafbe689736f62c696ac64809b17bdc752cfbe76", "lessThan": "3f61ac7c65bdb26accb52f9db66313597e759821", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" } ] }, { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "6.0", "status": "affected" }, { "version": "0", "lessThan": "6.0", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.12.23", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.13.11", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.13.*", "status": "unaffected", 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