{"cve":"CVE-2025-38022","nvd":{"published":"2025-06-18T10:15:33.950","modified":"2026-07-30T06:22:44.740","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nRDMA/core: Fix \"KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in ib_register_device\" problem\n\nCall Trace:\n\n __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:94 [inline]\n dump_stack_lvl+0x116/0x1f0 lib/dump_stack.c:120\n print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:408 [inline]\n print_report+0xc3/0x670 mm/kasan/report.c:521\n kasan_report+0xe0/0x110 mm/kasan/report.c:634\n strlen+0x93/0xa0 lib/string.c:420\n __fortify_strlen include/linux/fortify-string.h:268 [inline]\n get_kobj_path_length lib/kobject.c:118 [inline]\n kobject_get_path+0x3f/0x2a0 lib/kobject.c:158\n kobject_uevent_env+0x289/0x1870 lib/kobject_uevent.c:545\n ib_register_device drivers/infiniband/core/device.c:1472 [inline]\n ib_register_device+0x8cf/0xe00 drivers/infiniband/core/device.c:1393\n rxe_register_device+0x275/0x320 drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_verbs.c:1552\n rxe_net_add+0x8e/0xe0 drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_net.c:550\n rxe_newlink+0x70/0x190 drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe.c:225\n nldev_newlink+0x3a3/0x680 drivers/infiniband/core/nldev.c:1796\n rdma_nl_rcv_msg+0x387/0x6e0 drivers/infiniband/core/netlink.c:195\n rdma_nl_rcv_skb.constprop.0.isra.0+0x2e5/0x450\n netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1313 [inline]\n netlink_unicast+0x53a/0x7f0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1339\n netlink_sendmsg+0x8d1/0xdd0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1883\n sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:712 [inline]\n __sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:727 [inline]\n ____sys_sendmsg+0xa95/0xc70 net/socket.c:2566\n ___sys_sendmsg+0x134/0x1d0 net/socket.c:2620\n __sys_sendmsg+0x16d/0x220 net/socket.c:2652\n do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]\n do_syscall_64+0xcd/0x260 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f\n\nThis problem is similar to the problem that the\ncommit 1d6a9e7449e2 (\"RDMA/core: Fix use-after-free when rename device name\")\nfixes.\n\nThe root cause is: the function ib_device_rename() renames the name with\nlock. But in the function kobject_uevent(), this name is accessed without\nlock protection at the same time.\n\nThe solution is to add the lock protection when this name is accessed in\nthe function kobject_uevent().","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":["CWE-416"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/03df57ad4b0ff9c5a93ff981aba0b42578ad1571","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/10c7f1c647da3b77ef8827d974a97b6530b64df0","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/17d3103325e891e10994e7aa28d12bea04dc2c60","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/312dae3499106ec8cb7442ada12be080aa9fbc3b","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5629064f92f0de6d6b3572055cd35361c3ad953c"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:03:23.287444849+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-38022","score":0.00199,"percentile":0.0977,"date":"2026-11-01"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}