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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2025-38154" idYear: 2025 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2025-07-03T08:35:57.188Z" updatedAt: "2026-10-15T21:52:09.725Z" 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-2025-38154" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2025-38154.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38154" title: "bpf, sockmap: Avoid using sk_socket after free when sending" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbpf, sockmap: Avoid using sk_socket after free when sending\n\nThe sk-\u003esk_socket is not locked or referenced in backlog thread, and\nduring the call to skb_send_sock(), there is a race condition with\nthe release of sk_socket. All types of sockets(tcp/udp/unix/vsock)\nwill be affected.\n\nRace conditions:\n'''\nCPU0 CPU1\n\nbacklog::skb_send_sock\n sendmsg_unlocked\n sock_sendmsg\n sock_sendmsg_nosec\n close(fd):\n ...\n ops-\u003erelease() -\u003e sock_map_close()\n sk_socket-\u003eops = NULL\n free(socket)\n sock-\u003eops-\u003esendmsg\n ^\n panic here\n'''\n\nThe ref of psock become 0 after sock_map_close() executed.\n'''\nvoid sock_map_close()\n{\n ...\n if (likely(psock)) {\n ...\n // !! here we remove psock and the ref of psock become 0\n sock_map_remove_links(sk, psock)\n psock = sk_psock_get(sk);\n if (unlikely(!psock))\n goto no_psock; \u003c=== Control jumps here via goto\n ...\n cancel_delayed_work_sync(&psock-\u003ework); \u003c=== not executed\n sk_psock_put(sk, psock);\n ...\n}\n'''\n\nBased on the fact that we already wait for the workqueue to finish in\nsock_map_close() if psock is held, we simply increase the psock\nreference count to avoid race conditions.\n\nWith this patch, if the backlog thread is running, sock_map_close() will\nwait for the backlog thread to complete and cancel all pending work.\n\nIf no backlog running, any pending work that hasn't started by then will\nfail when invoked by sk_psock_get(), as the psock reference count have\nbeen zeroed, and sk_psock_drop() will cancel all jobs via\ncancel_delayed_work_sync().\n\nIn summary, we require synchronization to coordinate the backlog thread\nand close() thread.\n\nThe panic I catched:\n'''\nWorkqueue: events sk_psock_backlog\nRIP: 0010:sock_sendmsg+0x21d/0x440\nRAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffffc9000521fad8 RCX: 0000000000000001\n...\nCall Trace:\n \u003cTASK\u003e\n ? die_addr+0x40/0xa0\n ? exc_general_protection+0x14c/0x230\n ? asm_exc_general_protection+0x26/0x30\n ? sock_sendmsg+0x21d/0x440\n ? sock_sendmsg+0x3e0/0x440\n ? __pfx_sock_sendmsg+0x10/0x10\n __skb_send_sock+0x543/0xb70\n sk_psock_backlog+0x247/0xb80\n...\n'''" affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"4959ffc65a0e94f8acaac20deac49f89e6ded52d","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"4edb40b05cb6a261775abfd8046804ca139a5546"},{"version":"5eabdf17fed2ad41b836bb4055ec36d95e512c50","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"b19cbf0b9a91f5a0d93fbcd761ff71c48ab40ed9"},{"version":"e946428439a0d2079959f5603256ac51b6047017","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"4c6fa65ab2aec7df94809478c8d28ef38676a1b7"},{"version":"4b4647add7d3c8530493f7247d11e257ee425bf0","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"15c0250dae3b48a398447d2b364603821ed4ed90"},{"version":"4b4647add7d3c8530493f7247d11e257ee425bf0","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"7c0a16f6ea2b1c82a03bccd5d1bdb4a7bbd4d987"},{"version":"4b4647add7d3c8530493f7247d11e257ee425bf0","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"8259eb0e06d8f64c700f5fbdb28a5c18e10de291"},{"version":"3627605de498639a3c586c8684d12c89cba11073","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"5.15.162","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.15.186"},{"version":"6.1.95","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"6.1.142"},{"version":"6.6.35","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"6.6.94"},{"version":"6.9.6","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"6.10"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"6.10","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"6.10"},{"version":"5.15.186","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*"},{"version":"6.1.142","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.6.94","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.12.34","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.15.3","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.15.*"},{"version":"6.16","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}] ## Source licences and attribution CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (US government work) GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories (CC BY 4.0) Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ (CC BY 4.0) CVE Program (CVE records): https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse (CVE Terms of Use) Copyright © 1999-2026, The MITRE Corporation. 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