CVE-2025-38614
CVE.org · Published
- Record status
- Published
- Identifier year (not publication year)
- 2025
- Source publication
- Source updated
- Imported by cveboard
- Source snapshot
- cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline ·
CNA source text (English)
eventpoll: Fix semi-unbounded recursion
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: eventpoll: Fix semi-unbounded recursion Ensure that epoll instances can never form a graph deeper than EP_MAX_NESTS+1 links. Currently, ep_loop_check_proc() ensures that the graph is loop-free and does some recursion depth checks, but those recursion depth checks don't limit the depth of the resulting tree for two reasons: - They don't look upwards in the tree. - If there are multiple downwards paths of different lengths, only one of the paths is actually considered for the depth check since commit 28d82dc1c4ed ("epoll: limit paths"). Essentially, the current recursion depth check in ep_loop_check_proc() just serves to prevent it from recursing too deeply while checking for loops. A more thorough check is done in reverse_path_check() after the new graph edge has already been created; this checks, among other things, that no paths going upwards from any non-epoll file with a length of more than 5 edges exist. However, this check does not apply to non-epoll files. As a result, it is possible to recurse to a depth of at least roughly 500, tested on v6.15. (I am unsure if deeper recursion is possible; and this may have changed with commit 8c44dac8add7 ("eventpoll: Fix priority inversion problem").) To fix it: 1. In ep_loop_check_proc(), note the subtree depth of each visited node, and use subtree depths for the total depth calculation even when a subtree has already been visited. 2. Add ep_get_upwards_depth_proc() for similarly determining the maximum depth of an upwards walk. 3. In ep_loop_check(), use these values to limit the total path length between epoll nodes to EP_MAX_NESTS edges.
Scoped product and version facts
Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.
Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.
Linux
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
unaffected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22bacca48a1755f79b7e0f192ddb9fbb7fc6e64e | affected | git | 71379495ab70eaba19224bd71b5b9b399eb85e04 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 22bacca48a1755f79b7e0f192ddb9fbb7fc6e64e | affected | git | 1b13b033062824495554e836a1ff5f85ccf6b039 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 22bacca48a1755f79b7e0f192ddb9fbb7fc6e64e | affected | git | 2a0c0c974bea9619c6f41794775ae4b97530e0e6 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 22bacca48a1755f79b7e0f192ddb9fbb7fc6e64e | affected | git | 7a2125962c42d5336ca0495a9ce4cb38a63e9161 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 22bacca48a1755f79b7e0f192ddb9fbb7fc6e64e | affected | git | ea5f97dbdcb1651581a22bd10afd2f0dd9dc11d6 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 22bacca48a1755f79b7e0f192ddb9fbb7fc6e64e | affected | git | 3542c90797bc3ab83ebab54b737d751cf3682036 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 22bacca48a1755f79b7e0f192ddb9fbb7fc6e64e | affected | git | f2e467a48287c868818085aa35389a224d226732 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 8216e1a0d47cae06a75c42346f19dffe14e42d57 | affected | git | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| 28a92748aa4bc57d35e7b079498b0ac2e7610a37 | affected | git | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| 7eebcd4792c5a341559aed327b6afecbb1c46402 | affected | git | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| 0eccd188cfeaf857a26f2d72941d27d298cf6a54 | affected | git | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| a72affdbb09f3f24f64ffcbbdf62c2e57c58f379 | affected | git | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| 2.6.32.30 | affected | semver | 2.6.33 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 2.6.33.8 | affected | semver | 2.6.34 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 2.6.34.10 | affected | semver | 2.6.35 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 2.6.35.12 | affected | semver | 2.6.36 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 2.6.37.3 | affected | semver | 2.6.38 | Unavailable | None listed |
Linux
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
affected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.6.38 | affected | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| 0 | unaffected | semver | 2.6.38 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 5.15.190 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 5.15.* | None listed |
| 6.1.149 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.1.* | None listed |
| 6.6.103 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.6.* | None listed |
| 6.12.43 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.12.* | None listed |
| 6.15.11 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.15.* | None listed |
| 6.16.1 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.16.* | None listed |
| 6.17 | unaffected | original_commit_for_fix | Unavailable | * | None listed |