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## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2025-38022"
idYear: 2025
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2025-06-18T09:28:29.218Z"
updatedAt: "2026-08-05T11:59:00.986Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:57:34.152Z"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2025-38022"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2025-38022.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38022"
title: "RDMA/core: Fix \"KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in ib_register_device\" problem"
summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nRDMA/core: Fix \"KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in ib_register_device\" problem\n\nCall Trace:\n\n __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:94 [inline]\n dump_stack_lvl+0x116/0x1f0 lib/dump_stack.c:120\n print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:408 [inline]\n print_report+0xc3/0x670 mm/kasan/report.c:521\n kasan_report+0xe0/0x110 mm/kasan/report.c:634\n strlen+0x93/0xa0 lib/string.c:420\n __fortify_strlen include/linux/fortify-string.h:268 [inline]\n get_kobj_path_length lib/kobject.c:118 [inline]\n kobject_get_path+0x3f/0x2a0 lib/kobject.c:158\n kobject_uevent_env+0x289/0x1870 lib/kobject_uevent.c:545\n ib_register_device drivers/infiniband/core/device.c:1472 [inline]\n ib_register_device+0x8cf/0xe00 drivers/infiniband/core/device.c:1393\n rxe_register_device+0x275/0x320 drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_verbs.c:1552\n rxe_net_add+0x8e/0xe0 drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_net.c:550\n rxe_newlink+0x70/0x190 drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe.c:225\n nldev_newlink+0x3a3/0x680 drivers/infiniband/core/nldev.c:1796\n rdma_nl_rcv_msg+0x387/0x6e0 drivers/infiniband/core/netlink.c:195\n rdma_nl_rcv_skb.constprop.0.isra.0+0x2e5/0x450\n netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1313 [inline]\n netlink_unicast+0x53a/0x7f0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1339\n netlink_sendmsg+0x8d1/0xdd0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1883\n sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:712 [inline]\n __sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:727 [inline]\n ____sys_sendmsg+0xa95/0xc70 net/socket.c:2566\n ___sys_sendmsg+0x134/0x1d0 net/socket.c:2620\n __sys_sendmsg+0x16d/0x220 net/socket.c:2652\n do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]\n do_syscall_64+0xcd/0x260 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f\n\nThis problem is similar to the problem that the\ncommit 1d6a9e7449e2 (\"RDMA/core: Fix use-after-free when rename device name\")\nfixes.\n\nThe root cause is: the function ib_device_rename() renames the name with\nlock. But in the function kobject_uevent(), this name is accessed without\nlock protection at the same time.\n\nThe solution is to add the lock protection when this name is accessed in\nthe function kobject_uevent()."
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