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CVE-2025-38118 (GCVE-0-2025-38118)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-07-03 08:35 – Updated: 2026-08-05 11:59
VLAI
Title
Bluetooth: MGMT: Fix UAF on mgmt_remove_adv_monitor_complete
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: MGMT: Fix UAF on mgmt_remove_adv_monitor_complete This reworks MGMT_OP_REMOVE_ADV_MONITOR to not use mgmt_pending_add to avoid crashes like bellow: ================================================================== BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in mgmt_remove_adv_monitor_complete+0xe5/0x540 net/bluetooth/mgmt.c:5406 Read of size 8 at addr ffff88801c53f318 by task kworker/u5:5/5341 CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5341 Comm: kworker/u5:5 Not tainted 6.15.0-syzkaller-10402-g4cb6c8af8591 #0 PREEMPT(full) Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2~bpo12+1 04/01/2014 Workqueue: hci0 hci_cmd_sync_work Call Trace: <TASK> dump_stack_lvl+0x189/0x250 lib/dump_stack.c:120 print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:408 [inline] print_report+0xd2/0x2b0 mm/kasan/report.c:521 kasan_report+0x118/0x150 mm/kasan/report.c:634 mgmt_remove_adv_monitor_complete+0xe5/0x540 net/bluetooth/mgmt.c:5406 hci_cmd_sync_work+0x261/0x3a0 net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c:334 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3238 [inline] process_scheduled_works+0xade/0x17b0 kernel/workqueue.c:3321 worker_thread+0x8a0/0xda0 kernel/workqueue.c:3402 kthread+0x711/0x8a0 kernel/kthread.c:464 ret_from_fork+0x3fc/0x770 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:148 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245 </TASK> Allocated by task 5987: kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:47 [inline] kasan_save_track+0x3e/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:68 poison_kmalloc_redzone mm/kasan/common.c:377 [inline] __kasan_kmalloc+0x93/0xb0 mm/kasan/common.c:394 kasan_kmalloc include/linux/kasan.h:260 [inline] __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x230/0x3d0 mm/slub.c:4358 kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:905 [inline] kzalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:1039 [inline] mgmt_pending_new+0x65/0x240 net/bluetooth/mgmt_util.c:252 mgmt_pending_add+0x34/0x120 net/bluetooth/mgmt_util.c:279 remove_adv_monitor+0x103/0x1b0 net/bluetooth/mgmt.c:5454 hci_mgmt_cmd+0x9c9/0xef0 net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c:1719 hci_sock_sendmsg+0x6ca/0xef0 net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c:1839 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:712 [inline] __sock_sendmsg+0x219/0x270 net/socket.c:727 sock_write_iter+0x258/0x330 net/socket.c:1131 new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:593 [inline] vfs_write+0x548/0xa90 fs/read_write.c:686 ksys_write+0x145/0x250 fs/read_write.c:738 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xfa/0x3b0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f Freed by task 5989: kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:47 [inline] kasan_save_track+0x3e/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:68 kasan_save_free_info+0x46/0x50 mm/kasan/generic.c:576 poison_slab_object mm/kasan/common.c:247 [inline] __kasan_slab_free+0x62/0x70 mm/kasan/common.c:264 kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:233 [inline] slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:2380 [inline] slab_free mm/slub.c:4642 [inline] kfree+0x18e/0x440 mm/slub.c:4841 mgmt_pending_foreach+0xc9/0x120 net/bluetooth/mgmt_util.c:242 mgmt_index_removed+0x10d/0x2f0 net/bluetooth/mgmt.c:9366 hci_sock_bind+0xbe9/0x1000 net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c:1314 __sys_bind_socket net/socket.c:1810 [inline] __sys_bind+0x2c3/0x3e0 net/socket.c:1841 __do_sys_bind net/socket.c:1846 [inline] __se_sys_bind net/socket.c:1844 [inline] __x64_sys_bind+0x7a/0x90 net/socket.c:1844 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xfa/0x3b0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: 66bd095ab5d408af106808cce302406542f70f65 , < 3c9aba9cbdf163e2654be9f82d43ff8a04273962 (git)
Affected: 66bd095ab5d408af106808cce302406542f70f65 , < 9f66b6531c2b4e996bb61720ee94adb4b2e8d1be (git)
Affected: 66bd095ab5d408af106808cce302406542f70f65 , < 9df3e5e7f7e4653fd9802878cedc36defc5ef42d (git)
Affected: 66bd095ab5d408af106808cce302406542f70f65 , < 32aa2fbe319f33b0318ec6f4fceb63879771a286 (git)
Affected: 66bd095ab5d408af106808cce302406542f70f65 , < e6ed54e86aae9e4f7286ce8d5c73780f91b48d1c (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 5.12
Unaffected: 0 , < 5.12 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.1.142 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.6.94 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.34 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.15.3 , ≤ 6.15.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.16 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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kasan_kmalloc include/linux/kasan.h:260 [inline]\\n __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x230/0x3d0 mm/slub.c:4358\\n kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:905 [inline]\\n kzalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:1039 [inline]\\n mgmt_pending_new+0x65/0x240 net/bluetooth/mgmt_util.c:252\\n mgmt_pending_add+0x34/0x120 net/bluetooth/mgmt_util.c:279\\n remove_adv_monitor+0x103/0x1b0 net/bluetooth/mgmt.c:5454\\n hci_mgmt_cmd+0x9c9/0xef0 net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c:1719\\n hci_sock_sendmsg+0x6ca/0xef0 net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c:1839\\n sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:712 [inline]\\n __sock_sendmsg+0x219/0x270 net/socket.c:727\\n sock_write_iter+0x258/0x330 net/socket.c:1131\\n new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:593 [inline]\\n vfs_write+0x548/0xa90 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\\nFreed by task 5989:\\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:247 [inline]\\n __kasan_slab_free+0x62/0x70 mm/kasan/common.c:264\\n kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:233 [inline]\\n slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:2380 [inline]\\n slab_free mm/slub.c:4642 [inline]\\n kfree+0x18e/0x440 mm/slub.c:4841\\n mgmt_pending_foreach+0xc9/0x120 net/bluetooth/mgmt_util.c:242\\n mgmt_index_removed+0x10d/0x2f0 net/bluetooth/mgmt.c:9366\\n hci_sock_bind+0xbe9/0x1000 net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c:1314\\n __sys_bind_socket net/socket.c:1810 [inline]\\n __sys_bind+0x2c3/0x3e0 net/socket.c:1841\\n __do_sys_bind net/socket.c:1846 [inline]\\n __se_sys_bind net/socket.c:1844 [inline]\\n __x64_sys_bind+0x7a/0x90 net/socket.c:1844\\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\"},{\"lang\":\"es\",\"value\":\"En el kernel de Linux, se ha resuelto la siguiente vulnerabilidad: Bluetooth: MGMT: Reparar UAF en mgmt_remove_adv_monitor_complete Esto reelabora MGMT_OP_REMOVE_ADV_MONITOR para que no use mgmt_pending_add para evitar fallos como los siguientes: ===================================================================== ERROR: KASAN: slab-use-after-free en mgmt_remove_adv_monitor_complete+0xe5/0x540 net/bluetooth/mgmt.c:5406 Lectura de tama\u00f1o 8 en la direcci\u00f3n ffff88801c53f318 por la tarea kworker/u5:5/5341 CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5341 Comm: kworker/u5:5 No contaminado 6.15.0-syzkaller-10402-g4cb6c8af8591 #0 PREEMPT(full) Nombre del hardware: PC est\u00e1ndar QEMU (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2~bpo12+1 01/04/2014 Cola de trabajo: hci0 hci_cmd_sync_work Rastreo de llamadas:  dump_stack_lvl+0x189/0x250 lib/dump_stack.c:120 print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:408 [inline] print_report+0xd2/0x2b0 mm/kasan/report.c:521 kasan_report+0x118/0x150 mm/kasan/report.c:634 mgmt_remove_adv_monitor_complete+0xe5/0x540 net/bluetooth/mgmt.c:5406 hci_cmd_sync_work+0x261/0x3a0 net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c:334 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3238 [inline] process_scheduled_works+0xade/0x17b0 kernel/workqueue.c:3321 worker_thread+0x8a0/0xda0 kernel/workqueue.c:3402 kthread+0x711/0x8a0 kernel/kthread.c:464 ret_from_fork+0x3fc/0x770 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:148 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245  Allocated by task 5987: kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:47 [inline] kasan_save_track+0x3e/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:68 poison_kmalloc_redzone mm/kasan/common.c:377 [inline] __kasan_kmalloc+0x93/0xb0 mm/kasan/common.c:394 kasan_kmalloc include/linux/kasan.h:260 [inline] __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x230/0x3d0 mm/slub.c:4358 kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:905 [inline] kzalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:1039 [inline] mgmt_pending_new+0x65/0x240 net/bluetooth/mgmt_util.c:252 mgmt_pending_add+0x34/0x120 net/bluetooth/mgmt_util.c:279 remove_adv_monitor+0x103/0x1b0 net/bluetooth/mgmt.c:5454 hci_mgmt_cmd+0x9c9/0xef0 net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c:1719 hci_sock_sendmsg+0x6ca/0xef0 net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c:1839 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:712 [inline] __sock_sendmsg+0x219/0x270 net/socket.c:727 sock_write_iter+0x258/0x330 net/socket.c:1131 new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:593 [inline] vfs_write+0x548/0xa90 fs/read_write.c:686 ksys_write+0x145/0x250 fs/read_write.c:738 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xfa/0x3b0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f Freed by task 5989: kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:47 [inline] kasan_save_track+0x3e/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:68 kasan_save_free_info+0x46/0x50 mm/kasan/generic.c:576 poison_slab_object mm/kasan/common.c:247 [inline] __kasan_slab_free+0x62/0x70 mm/kasan/common.c:264 kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:233 [inline] 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    "redhat_vex": {
      "aggregate_severity": "Moderate",
      "current_release_date": "2026-07-30T09:23:36+00:00",
      "cve": "CVE-2025-38118",
      "id": "CVE-2025-38118",
      "initial_release_date": "2025-07-03T00:00:00+00:00",
      "product_status:known_affected": "232",
      "product_status:known_not_affected": "42",
      "source": "Red Hat CSAF VEX",
      "status": "final",
      "title": "kernel: Linux kernel: Bluetooth MGMT use-after-free vulnerability allows privilege escalation",
      "url": "https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2025/cve-2025-38118.json",
      "version": "3"
    },
    "suse_vex": {
      "aggregate_severity": "important",
      "current_release_date": "2026-09-12T16:49:48Z",
      "cve": "CVE-2025-38118",
      "id": "CVE-2025-38118",
      "initial_release_date": "2025-07-03T23:23:35Z",
      "product_status:first_fixed": "2",
      "product_status:known_affected": "394",
      "product_status:known_not_affected": "442",
      "product_status:recommended": "472",
      "source": "SUSE CSAF VEX",
      "status": "interim",
      "title": "SUSE CVE CVE-2025-38118",
      "url": "https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf-vex/cve-2025-38118.json",
      "version": "45"
    }
  }
}



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