CVE-2025-21727: padata: fix UAF in padata_reorder

Q: What is the severity of CVE-2025-21727?

CVE-2025-21727 is classified as a high severity vulnerability due to the potential for use-after-free exploitation in the Linux kernel.

Q: How do I fix CVE-2025-21727?

To fix CVE-2025-21727, update to the patched version of the Linux kernel, specifically version 6.6.0 or later.

Q: What type of vulnerability is CVE-2025-21727?

CVE-2025-21727 is a use-after-free vulnerability identified in the padata component of the Linux kernel.

Q: What are the symptoms of exploitation of CVE-2025-21727?

Exploitation of CVE-2025-21727 may result in unexpected system behavior or crashes, particularly under specific workloads.

Q: Which software versions are affected by CVE-2025-21727?

CVE-2025-21727 affects the Linux kernel versions prior to 6.6.0.

Published Feb 27, 2025

Updated

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

padata: fix UAF in padatareorder

A bug was found when run ltp test:

BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in padatafindnext+0x29/0x1a0 Read of size 4 at addr ffff88bbfe003524 by task kworker/u113:2/3039206

CPU: 0 PID: 3039206 Comm: kworker/u113:2 Kdump: loaded Not tainted 6.6.0+ Workqueue: pdecryptparallel padataparallelworker Call Trace: <TASK> dumpstacklvl+0x32/0x50 printaddressdescription.constprop.0+0x6b/0x3d0 printreport+0xdd/0x2c0 kasanreport+0xa5/0xd0 padatafindnext+0x29/0x1a0 padatareorder+0x131/0x220 padataparallelworker+0x3d/0xc0 processonework+0x2ec/0x5a0

If 'mdelay(10)' is added before calling 'padatafindnext' in the 'padatareorder' function, this issue could be reproduced easily with ltp test (pcryptaead01).

This can be explained as bellow:

pcryptaeadencrypt ... padatadoparallel refcountinc(&pd->refcnt); // add refcnt ... padatadoserial padatareorder // pd while (1) { padatafindnext(pd, true); // using pd queueworkon ... padataserialworker cryptodelalg padataputpdcnt // sub refcnt padatafreeshell padataputpd(ps->pd); // pd is freed // loop again, but pd is freed // call padatafindnext, UAF }

In the padatareorder function, when it loops in 'while', if the alg is deleted, the refcnt may be decreased to 0 before entering 'padatafindnext', which leads to UAF.

As mentioned in [1], doserial is supposed to be called with BHs disabled and always happen under RCU protection, to address this issue, add synchronizercu() in 'padatafreeshell' wait for all doserial calls to finish.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20221028160401.cccypv4euxikusiq@parnassus.localdomain/ [2] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-kernel/jfjz5d7zwbytztackem7ibzalm5lnxldi2eofeiczqmqs2m7o6@fq426cwnjtkm/

Affected Software

187 affected componentsFixes available

Linux Linux kernel>6.6.0

Linux Linux kernel>=5.4<5.10.235

Linux Linux kernel>=5.11<5.15.179

Linux Linux kernel>=5.16<6.1.129

Linux Linux kernel>=6.2<6.6.76

Linux Linux kernel>=6.7<6.12.13

Linux Linux kernel>=6.13<6.13.2

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ubuntu/linux-aws-5.0*

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5.4.0-1152.162~18.04.1

ubuntu/linux-azure*

ubuntu/linux-azure-5.3*

ubuntu/linux-azure-5.4<5.4.0-1156.163~18.04.1

5.4.0-1156.163~18.04.1

ubuntu/linux-azure-edge*

ubuntu/linux-gcp*

ubuntu/linux-gcp-5.3*

ubuntu/linux-gcp-5.4<5.4.0-1155.164~18.04.1

5.4.0-1155.164~18.04.1

ubuntu/linux-gke-4.15*

ubuntu/linux-gke-5.4*

ubuntu/linux-gkeop-5.4*

ubuntu/linux-hwe*

ubuntu/linux-hwe-5.4<5.4.0-223.243~18.04.1

5.4.0-223.243~18.04.1

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5.4.0-1098.103~18.04.1

ubuntu/linux-oem*

ubuntu/linux-oracle-5.0*

ubuntu/linux-oracle-5.3*

ubuntu/linux-oracle-5.4<5.4.0-1150.160~18.04.1

5.4.0-1150.160~18.04.1

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5.4.0-1135.148~18.04.1

ubuntu/linux-aws-5.15<5.15.0-1084.91~20.04.1

5.15.0-1084.91~20.04.1

ubuntu/linux-azure-5.15<5.15.0-1089.98~20.04.1

5.15.0-1089.98~20.04.1

ubuntu/linux-gcp-5.15<5.15.0-1083.92~20.04.1

5.15.0-1083.92~20.04.1

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5.15.0-1076.79~20.04.1

ubuntu/linux-intel-iotg-5.15<5.15.0-1079.85~20.04.1

5.15.0-1079.85~20.04.1

ubuntu/linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15<5.15.0-140.150~20.04.1

5.15.0-140.150~20.04.1

ubuntu/linux-oracle-5.15<5.15.0-1081.87~20.04.1

5.15.0-1081.87~20.04.1

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5.15.0-1079.83~20.04.1

ubuntu/linux<5.4.0-223.243

5.4.0-223.243

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5.4.0-1152.162

ubuntu/linux-aws-5.11*

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ubuntu/linux-gcp-5.11*

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ubuntu/linux-gkeop-5.15*

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ubuntu/linux-hwe-5.15<5.15.0-142.152~20.04.1

5.15.0-142.152~20.04.1

ubuntu/linux-hwe-5.8*

ubuntu/linux-ibm<5.4.0-1098.103

5.4.0-1098.103

ubuntu/linux-intel-5.13*

ubuntu/linux-iot<5.4.0-1056.59

5.4.0-1056.59

ubuntu/linux-kvm<5.4.0-1139.148

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ubuntu/linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15<5.15.0-1039.39~20.04.1

5.15.0-1039.39~20.04.1

ubuntu/linux-oem-5.10*

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ubuntu/linux-oem-5.6*

ubuntu/linux-oracle<5.4.0-1150.160

5.4.0-1150.160

ubuntu/linux-oracle-5.11*

ubuntu/linux-oracle-5.13*

ubuntu/linux-oracle-5.8*

ubuntu/linux-raspi<5.4.0-1135.148

5.4.0-1135.148

ubuntu/linux-raspi2*

ubuntu/linux-riscv*

ubuntu/linux-riscv-5.11*

ubuntu/linux-riscv-5.8*

ubuntu/linux-xilinx-zynqmp<5.4.0-1070.74

5.4.0-1070.74

ubuntu/linux-aws-fips<5.4.0-1152.162+fips1

5.4.0-1152.162+fips1

ubuntu/linux-azure-fips<5.4.0-1157.164+fips1

5.4.0-1157.164+fips1

ubuntu/linux-fips<5.4.0-1126.136

5.4.0-1126.136

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5.4.0-1155.164+fips1

ubuntu/linux-aws-fips*

ubuntu/linux-azure-fips*

ubuntu/linux-fips*

ubuntu/linux-gcp-fips*

ubuntu/linux<5.15.0-140.150

5.15.0-140.150

ubuntu/linux-allwinner-5.19*

ubuntu/linux-aws<5.15.0-1084.91

5.15.0-1084.91

ubuntu/linux-aws-5.19*

ubuntu/linux-aws-6.2*

ubuntu/linux-aws-6.5*

ubuntu/linux-aws-6.8<6.8.0-1032.34~22.04.1

6.8.0-1032.34~22.04.1

ubuntu/linux-azure<5.15.0-1089.98

5.15.0-1089.98

ubuntu/linux-azure-5.19*

ubuntu/linux-azure-6.2*

ubuntu/linux-azure-6.5*

ubuntu/linux-azure-6.8<6.8.0-1034.39~22.04.1

6.8.0-1034.39~22.04.1

ubuntu/linux-azure-fde<5.15.0-1089.98.1

5.15.0-1089.98.1

ubuntu/linux-azure-fde-5.19*

ubuntu/linux-azure-fde-6.2*

ubuntu/linux-gcp<5.15.0-1083.92

5.15.0-1083.92

ubuntu/linux-gcp-5.19*

ubuntu/linux-gcp-6.2*

ubuntu/linux-gcp-6.5*

ubuntu/linux-gcp-6.8<6.8.0-1033.35~22.04.1

6.8.0-1033.35~22.04.1

ubuntu/linux-gke<5.15.0-1081.87

5.15.0-1081.87

ubuntu/linux-gkeop<5.15.0-1066.74

5.15.0-1066.74

ubuntu/linux-hwe-5.19*

ubuntu/linux-hwe-6.2*

ubuntu/linux-hwe-6.5*

ubuntu/linux-hwe-6.8<6.8.0-64.67~22.04.1

6.8.0-64.67~22.04.1

ubuntu/linux-ibm<5.15.0-1076.79

5.15.0-1076.79

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6.8.0-1029.29~22.04.1

ubuntu/linux-intel-iot-realtime*

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5.15.0-1079.85

ubuntu/linux-kvm<5.15.0-1080.85

5.15.0-1080.85

ubuntu/linux-lowlatency<5.15.0-140.150

5.15.0-140.150

ubuntu/linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19*

ubuntu/linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2*

ubuntu/linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5*

ubuntu/linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8<6.8.0-64.67.1~22.04.1

6.8.0-64.67.1~22.04.1

ubuntu/linux-nvidia<5.15.0-1078.79

5.15.0-1078.79

ubuntu/linux-nvidia-6.2*

ubuntu/linux-nvidia-6.5*

ubuntu/linux-nvidia-6.8<6.8.0-1031.34~22.04.1

6.8.0-1031.34~22.04.1

ubuntu/linux-nvidia-tegra<5.15.0-1037.37

5.15.0-1037.37

ubuntu/linux-nvidia-tegra-igx<5.15.0-1026.26

5.15.0-1026.26

ubuntu/linux-oem-5.17*

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ubuntu/linux-oem-6.5*

ubuntu/linux-oracle<5.15.0-1081.87

5.15.0-1081.87

ubuntu/linux-oracle-6.5*

ubuntu/linux-oracle-6.8<6.8.0-1029.30~22.04.1

6.8.0-1029.30~22.04.1

ubuntu/linux-raspi<5.15.0-1078.81

5.15.0-1078.81

ubuntu/linux-realtime*

ubuntu/linux-riscv*

ubuntu/linux-riscv-5.19*

ubuntu/linux-riscv-6.5*

ubuntu/linux-riscv-6.8<6.8.0-64.67~22.04.1

6.8.0-64.67~22.04.1

ubuntu/linux-starfive-5.19*

ubuntu/linux-starfive-6.2*

ubuntu/linux-starfive-6.5*

ubuntu/linux-xilinx-zynqmp<5.15.0-1050.54

5.15.0-1050.54

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5.15.0-1066.68

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5.15.0-1077.79

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5.15.0-1084.93

ubuntu/linux-realtime-6.8<6.8.1-1025.26~22.04.1

6.8.1-1025.26~22.04.1

ubuntu/linux-aws-fips*

ubuntu/linux-azure-fips*

ubuntu/linux-fips*

ubuntu/linux-gcp-fips*

ubuntu/linux-aws-fips<5.15.0-1084.91+fips1

5.15.0-1084.91+fips1

ubuntu/linux-azure-fips<5.15.0-1089.98+fips1

5.15.0-1089.98+fips1

ubuntu/linux-fips<5.15.0-140.150+fips1

5.15.0-140.150+fips1

ubuntu/linux-gcp-fips<5.15.0-1083.92+fips1

5.15.0-1083.92+fips1

ubuntu/linux<6.8.0-64.67

6.8.0-64.67

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6.8.0-1032.34

ubuntu/linux-azure<6.8.0-1034.39

6.8.0-1034.39

ubuntu/linux-azure-6.11<6.11.0-1015.15~24.04.1

6.11.0-1015.15~24.04.1

ubuntu/linux-azure-nvidia<6.8.0-1022.23

6.8.0-1022.23

ubuntu/linux-gcp<6.8.0-1033.35

6.8.0-1033.35

ubuntu/linux-gcp-6.11<6.11.0-1015.15~24.04.1

6.11.0-1015.15~24.04.1

ubuntu/linux-gke<6.8.0-1028.32

6.8.0-1028.32

ubuntu/linux-gkeop<6.8.0-1015.17

6.8.0-1015.17

ubuntu/linux-hwe-6.11<6.11.0-26.26~24.04.1

6.11.0-26.26~24.04.1

ubuntu/linux-ibm<6.8.0-1029.29

6.8.0-1029.29

ubuntu/linux-lowlatency<6.8.0-64.67.1

6.8.0-64.67.1

ubuntu/linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11<6.11.0-1014.15~24.04.1

6.11.0-1014.15~24.04.1

ubuntu/linux-nvidia<6.8.0-1031.34

6.8.0-1031.34

ubuntu/linux-nvidia-6.11<6.11.0-1010.10

6.11.0-1010.10

ubuntu/linux-nvidia-lowlatency<6.8.0-1031.34.1

6.8.0-1031.34.1

ubuntu/linux-nvidia-tegra<6.8.0-1008.8

6.8.0-1008.8

ubuntu/linux-oem-6.11<6.11.0-1022.22

6.11.0-1022.22

ubuntu/linux-oem-6.8<6.8.0-1031.31

6.8.0-1031.31

ubuntu/linux-oracle<6.8.0-1029.30

6.8.0-1029.30

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6.8.0-1031.35

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ubuntu/linux-realtime*

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6.8.0-1017.18

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6.8.0-2026.27

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6.8.1-1025.26

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6.8.0-78.78+fips1

ubuntu/linux-vmware*

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Compensating control
Add synchronize_rcu() in padata_free_shell to wait for all _do_serial calls to finish before freeing the padata shell.

Event History

Feb 27, 2025

CVE Published

via MITRE·02:07 AM

Data Sourced

via MITRE·02:07 AM

DescriptionSeverity

Data Sourced

via OSV·02:15 AM

DescriptionSeverityAffected Software

Data Sourced

via NVD·02:15 AM

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Data Sourced

via Red Hat·03:01 AM

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May 5, 2025

Data Sourced

via Microsoft·07:00 AM

DescriptionSeverityWeakness

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2025-21727?

CVE-2025-21727 is classified as a high severity vulnerability due to the potential for use-after-free exploitation in the Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2025-21727?

To fix CVE-2025-21727, update to the patched version of the Linux kernel, specifically version 6.6.0 or later.

What type of vulnerability is CVE-2025-21727?

CVE-2025-21727 is a use-after-free vulnerability identified in the padata component of the Linux kernel.

What are the symptoms of exploitation of CVE-2025-21727?

Exploitation of CVE-2025-21727 may result in unexpected system behavior or crashes, particularly under specific workloads.

Which software versions are affected by CVE-2025-21727?

CVE-2025-21727 affects the Linux kernel versions prior to 6.6.0.

CVE-2025-21727: padata: fix UAF in padata_reorder

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