{"cve":"CVE-2025-39984","nvd":{"published":"2025-10-15T08:15:36.400","modified":"2026-10-19T21:10:00.160","status":"Deferred","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: tun: Update napi->skb after XDP process\n\nThe syzbot report a UAF issue:\n\n  BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in skb_reset_mac_header include/linux/skbuff.h:3150 [inline]\n  BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in napi_frags_skb net/core/gro.c:723 [inline]\n  BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in napi_gro_frags+0x6e/0x1030 net/core/gro.c:758\n  Read of size 8 at addr ffff88802ef22c18 by task syz.0.17/6079\n  CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 6079 Comm: syz.0.17 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full)\n  Call Trace:\n   <TASK>\n   dump_stack_lvl+0x189/0x250 lib/dump_stack.c:120\n   print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:378 [inline]\n   print_report+0xca/0x240 mm/kasan/report.c:482\n   kasan_report+0x118/0x150 mm/kasan/report.c:595\n   skb_reset_mac_header include/linux/skbuff.h:3150 [inline]\n   napi_frags_skb net/core/gro.c:723 [inline]\n   napi_gro_frags+0x6e/0x1030 net/core/gro.c:758\n   tun_get_user+0x28cb/0x3e20 drivers/net/tun.c:1920\n   tun_chr_write_iter+0x113/0x200 drivers/net/tun.c:1996\n   new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:593 [inline]\n   vfs_write+0x5c9/0xb30 fs/read_write.c:686\n   ksys_write+0x145/0x250 fs/read_write.c:738\n   do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]\n   do_syscall_64+0xfa/0x3b0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94\n   entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f\n   </TASK>\n\n  Allocated by task 6079:\n   kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:47 [inline]\n   kasan_save_track+0x3e/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:68\n   unpoison_slab_object mm/kasan/common.c:330 [inline]\n   __kasan_mempool_unpoison_object+0xa0/0x170 mm/kasan/common.c:558\n   kasan_mempool_unpoison_object include/linux/kasan.h:388 [inline]\n   napi_skb_cache_get+0x37b/0x6d0 net/core/skbuff.c:295\n   __alloc_skb+0x11e/0x2d0 net/core/skbuff.c:657\n   napi_alloc_skb+0x84/0x7d0 net/core/skbuff.c:811\n   napi_get_frags+0x69/0x140 net/core/gro.c:673\n   tun_napi_alloc_frags drivers/net/tun.c:1404 [inline]\n   tun_get_user+0x77c/0x3e20 drivers/net/tun.c:1784\n   tun_chr_write_iter+0x113/0x200 drivers/net/tun.c:1996\n   new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:593 [inline]\n   vfs_write+0x5c9/0xb30 fs/read_write.c:686\n   ksys_write+0x145/0x250 fs/read_write.c:738\n   do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]\n   do_syscall_64+0xfa/0x3b0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94\n   entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f\n\n  Freed by task 6079:\n   kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:47 [inline]\n   kasan_save_track+0x3e/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:68\n   kasan_save_free_info+0x46/0x50 mm/kasan/generic.c:576\n   poison_slab_object mm/kasan/common.c:243 [inline]\n   __kasan_slab_free+0x5b/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:275\n   kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:233 [inline]\n   slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:2422 [inline]\n   slab_free mm/slub.c:4695 [inline]\n   kmem_cache_free+0x18f/0x400 mm/slub.c:4797\n   skb_pp_cow_data+0xdd8/0x13e0 net/core/skbuff.c:969\n   netif_skb_check_for_xdp net/core/dev.c:5390 [inline]\n   netif_receive_generic_xdp net/core/dev.c:5431 [inline]\n   do_xdp_generic+0x699/0x11a0 net/core/dev.c:5499\n   tun_get_user+0x2523/0x3e20 drivers/net/tun.c:1872\n   tun_chr_write_iter+0x113/0x200 drivers/net/tun.c:1996\n   new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:593 [inline]\n   vfs_write+0x5c9/0xb30 fs/read_write.c:686\n   ksys_write+0x145/0x250 fs/read_write.c:738\n   do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]\n   do_syscall_64+0xfa/0x3b0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94\n   entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f\n\nAfter commit e6d5dbdd20aa (\"xdp: add multi-buff support for xdp running in\ngeneric mode\"), the original skb may be freed in skb_pp_cow_data() when\nXDP program was attached, which was allocated in tun_napi_alloc_frags().\nHowever, the napi->skb still point to the original skb, update it after\nXDP process.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1091860a16a86ccdd77c09f2b21a5f634f5ab9ec","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1697577e1669b0321d02cd848384a5d33e284296","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/953200d56fc23eebf80a5ad9eed6e2e8a3065093"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-21T03:43:09.190223697+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-39984","score":0.00197,"percentile":0.09314,"date":"2026-10-25"},"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 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