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CVE-2025-40341 — futex: Don't leak robust_list pointer on exec race

Affected: Linux

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

futex: Don't leak robust_list pointer on exec race

sys_get_robust_list() and compat_get_robust_list() use ptrace_may_access() to check if the calling task is allowed to access another task's robust_list pointer. This check is racy against a concurrent exec() in the target process.

During exec(), a task may transition from a non-privileged binary to a privileged one (e.g., setuid binary) and its credentials/memory mappings may change. If get_robust_list() performs ptrace_may_access() before this transition, it may erroneously allow access to sensitive information after the target becomes privileged.

A racy access allows an attacker to exploit a window during which ptrace_may_access() passes before a target process transitions to a privileged state via exec().

For example, consider a non-privileged task T that is about to execute a setuid-root binary. An attacker task A calls get_robust_list(T) while T is still unprivileged. Since ptrace_may_access() checks permissions based on current credentials, it succeeds. However, if T begins exec immediately afterwards, it becomes privileged and may change its memory mappings. Because get_robust_list() proceeds to access T->robust_list without synchronizing with exec() it may read user-space pointers from a now-privileged process.

This violates the intended post-exec access restrictions and could expose sensitive memory addresses or be used as a primitive in a lar…

USN-8029-1 — linux, linux-raspi, linux-realtime vulnerabilities

Affected: Ubuntu:25.10: linux, Ubuntu:25.10: linux-raspi, Ubuntu:25.10: linux-realtime

Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel. An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system. This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems: - ARM64 architecture; - MIPS architecture; - Nios II architecture; - PA-RISC architecture; - RISC-V architecture; - S390 architecture; - Sun Sparc architecture; - x86 architecture; - Xtensa architecture; - Block layer subsystem; - Cryptographic API; - Compute Acceleration Framework; - ACPI drivers; - Drivers core; - Network block device driver; - Bluetooth drivers; - Bus devices; - Hardware random number generator core; - Character device driver; - Clock framework and drivers; - Data acquisition framework and drivers; - CPU frequency scaling framework; - Hardware crypto device drivers; - CXL (Compute Express Link) drivers; - Device frequency scaling framework; - ARM SCMI message protocol; - GPIO subsystem; - GPU drivers; - Hardware monitoring drivers; - HW tracing; - InfiniBand drivers; - Input Device (Miscellaneous) drivers; - IOMMU subsystem; - ISDN/mISDN subsystem; - Mailbox framework; - Multiple devices driver; - Media drivers; - Fastrpc Driver; - PCI Endpoint Test driver; - VMware Balloon Driver; - MOST (Media Oriented Systems Transport) drivers; - Network drivers; - Mellanox network drivers; - STMicroelectronics network drivers; - NVME drivers; - PCI subsystem; - Performance monitor drivers; - Pin…