CVE-2025-38112

net: Fix TOCTOU issue in sk_is_readable()

published July 3, 2025

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
3.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

net: Fix TOCTOU issue in sk_is_readable()

sk->sk_prot->sock_is_readable is a valid function pointer when sk resides

in a sockmap. After the last sk_psock_put() (which usually happens when

socket is removed from sockmap), sk->sk_prot gets restored and

sk->sk_prot->sock_is_readable becomes NULL.

This makes sk_is_readable() racy, if the value of sk->sk_prot is reloaded

after the initial check. Which in turn may lead to a null pointer

dereference.

Ensure the function pointer does not turn NULL after the check.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00145 · 3.4th percentile
Published
2025-07-03T08:35Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 03 JUL 08:35Z
    net: Fix TOCTOU issue in sk_is_readable()
    cvelistv5