{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2025-40003", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2025-04-16T07:20:57.151Z", "datePublished": "2025-10-18T08:03:23.529Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T21:40:35.770Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T21:40:35.770Z" }, "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: mscc: ocelot: Fix use-after-free caused by cyclic delayed work\n\nThe origin code calls cancel_delayed_work() in ocelot_stats_deinit()\nto cancel the cyclic delayed work item ocelot->stats_work. However,\ncancel_delayed_work() may fail to cancel the work item if it is already\nexecuting. While destroy_workqueue() does wait for all pending work items\nin the work queue to complete before destroying the work queue, it cannot\nprevent the delayed work item from being rescheduled within the\nocelot_check_stats_work() function. This limitation exists because the\ndelayed work item is only enqueued into the work queue after its timer\nexpires. Before the timer expiration, destroy_workqueue() has no visibility\nof this pending work item. Once the work queue appears empty,\ndestroy_workqueue() proceeds with destruction. When the timer eventually\nexpires, the delayed work item gets queued again, leading to the following\nwarning:\n\nworkqueue: cannot queue ocelot_check_stats_work on wq ocelot-switch-stats\nWARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 0 at kernel/workqueue.c:2255 __queue_work+0x875/0xaf0\n...\nRIP: 0010:__queue_work+0x875/0xaf0\n...\nRSP: 0018:ffff88806d108b10 EFLAGS: 00010086\nRAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000101 RCX: 0000000000000027\nRDX: 0000000000000027 RSI: 0000000000000004 RDI: ffff88806d123e88\nRBP: ffffffff813c3170 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffffed100da247d2\nR10: ffffed100da247d1 R11: ffff88806d123e8b R12: ffff88800c00f000\nR13: ffff88800d7285c0 R14: ffff88806d0a5580 R15: ffff88800d7285a0\nFS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8880e5725000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000\nCS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\nCR2: 00007fe18e45ea10 CR3: 0000000005e6c000 CR4: 00000000000006f0\nCall Trace:\n \n ? kasan_report+0xc6/0xf0\n ? __pfx_delayed_work_timer_fn+0x10/0x10\n ? __pfx_delayed_work_timer_fn+0x10/0x10\n call_timer_fn+0x25/0x1c0\n __run_timer_base.part.0+0x3be/0x8c0\n ? __pfx_delayed_work_timer_fn+0x10/0x10\n ? rcu_sched_clock_irq+0xb06/0x27d0\n ? __pfx___run_timer_base.part.0+0x10/0x10\n ? try_to_wake_up+0xb15/0x1960\n ? _raw_spin_lock_irq+0x80/0xe0\n ? __pfx__raw_spin_lock_irq+0x10/0x10\n tmigr_handle_remote_up+0x603/0x7e0\n ? __pfx_tmigr_handle_remote_up+0x10/0x10\n ? sched_balance_trigger+0x1c0/0x9f0\n ? sched_tick+0x221/0x5a0\n ? _raw_spin_lock_irq+0x80/0xe0\n ? __pfx__raw_spin_lock_irq+0x10/0x10\n ? tick_nohz_handler+0x339/0x440\n ? __pfx_tmigr_handle_remote_up+0x10/0x10\n __walk_groups.isra.0+0x42/0x150\n tmigr_handle_remote+0x1f4/0x2e0\n ? __pfx_tmigr_handle_remote+0x10/0x10\n ? ktime_get+0x60/0x140\n ? lapic_next_event+0x11/0x20\n ? clockevents_program_event+0x1d4/0x2a0\n ? hrtimer_interrupt+0x322/0x780\n handle_softirqs+0x16a/0x550\n irq_exit_rcu+0xaf/0xe0\n sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x70/0x80\n \n...\n\nThe following diagram reveals the cause of the above warning:\n\nCPU 0 (remove) | CPU 1 (delayed work callback)\nmscc_ocelot_remove() |\n ocelot_deinit() | ocelot_check_stats_work()\n ocelot_stats_deinit() |\n cancel_delayed_work()| ...\n | queue_delayed_work()\n destroy_workqueue() | (wait a time)\n | __queue_work() //UAF\n\nThe above scenario actually constitutes a UAF vulnerability.\n\nThe ocelot_stats_deinit() is only invoked when initialization\nfailure or resource destruction, so we must ensure that any\ndelayed work items cannot be rescheduled.\n\nReplace cancel_delayed_work() with disable_delayed_work_sync()\nto guarantee proper cancellation of the delayed work item and\nensure completion of any currently executing work before the\nworkqueue is deallocated.\n\nA deadlock concern was considered: ocelot_stats_deinit() is called\nin a process context and is not holding any locks that the delayed\nwork item might also need. Therefore, the use of the _sync() variant\nis safe here.\n\nThis bug was identified through static analysis. To reproduce the\nissue and validate the fix, I simulated ocelot-swit\n---truncated---" } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "drivers/net/ethernet/mscc/ocelot_stats.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "a556c76adc052c979ef9e80f0cd3fa1379ff4943", "lessThan": "70acdd1eb35ffb3afdcb59e4c3bbb178da411d0f", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "a556c76adc052c979ef9e80f0cd3fa1379ff4943", "lessThan": "c3363db5d0685a8d077ade706051bbccc75f7e14", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "a556c76adc052c979ef9e80f0cd3fa1379ff4943", "lessThan": "bc9ea787079671cb19a8b25ff9f02be5ef6bfcf5", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" } ] }, { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "drivers/net/ethernet/mscc/ocelot_stats.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "4.18", "status": "affected" }, { "version": "0", "lessThan": "4.18", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.12.54", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.17.4", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.17.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.18", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix" } ] } ], "cpeApplicability": [ { "nodes": [ { "operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [ { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "4.18", "versionEndExcluding": "6.12.54" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "4.18", "versionEndExcluding": "6.17.4" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "4.18", "versionEndExcluding": "6.18" } ] } ] } ], "references": [ { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/70acdd1eb35ffb3afdcb59e4c3bbb178da411d0f" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c3363db5d0685a8d077ade706051bbccc75f7e14" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bc9ea787079671cb19a8b25ff9f02be5ef6bfcf5" } ], "title": "net: mscc: ocelot: Fix use-after-free caused by cyclic delayed work", "x_generator": { "engine": "bippy-1.2.0" } } } }