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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2025-39984" idYear: 2025 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2025-10-15T07:56:03.438Z" updatedAt: "2026-05-11T21:40:13.408Z" 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-2025-39984" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2025-39984.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-39984" title: "net: tun: Update napi-\u003eskb after XDP process" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: tun: Update napi-\u003eskb after XDP process\n\nThe syzbot report a UAF issue:\n\n BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in skb_reset_mac_header include/linux/skbuff.h:3150 [inline]\n BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in napi_frags_skb net/core/gro.c:723 [inline]\n BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in napi_gro_frags+0x6e/0x1030 net/core/gro.c:758\n Read of size 8 at addr ffff88802ef22c18 by task syz.0.17/6079\n CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 6079 Comm: syz.0.17 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full)\n Call Trace:\n \u003cTASK\u003e\n dump_stack_lvl+0x189/0x250 lib/dump_stack.c:120\n print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:378 [inline]\n print_report+0xca/0x240 mm/kasan/report.c:482\n kasan_report+0x118/0x150 mm/kasan/report.c:595\n skb_reset_mac_header include/linux/skbuff.h:3150 [inline]\n napi_frags_skb net/core/gro.c:723 [inline]\n napi_gro_frags+0x6e/0x1030 net/core/gro.c:758\n tun_get_user+0x28cb/0x3e20 drivers/net/tun.c:1920\n tun_chr_write_iter+0x113/0x200 drivers/net/tun.c:1996\n new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:593 [inline]\n vfs_write+0x5c9/0xb30 fs/read_write.c:686\n ksys_write+0x145/0x250 fs/read_write.c:738\n do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]\n do_syscall_64+0xfa/0x3b0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f\n \u003c/TASK\u003e\n\n Allocated by task 6079:\n kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:47 [inline]\n kasan_save_track+0x3e/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:68\n unpoison_slab_object mm/kasan/common.c:330 [inline]\n __kasan_mempool_unpoison_object+0xa0/0x170 mm/kasan/common.c:558\n kasan_mempool_unpoison_object include/linux/kasan.h:388 [inline]\n napi_skb_cache_get+0x37b/0x6d0 net/core/skbuff.c:295\n __alloc_skb+0x11e/0x2d0 net/core/skbuff.c:657\n napi_alloc_skb+0x84/0x7d0 net/core/skbuff.c:811\n napi_get_frags+0x69/0x140 net/core/gro.c:673\n tun_napi_alloc_frags drivers/net/tun.c:1404 [inline]\n tun_get_user+0x77c/0x3e20 drivers/net/tun.c:1784\n tun_chr_write_iter+0x113/0x200 drivers/net/tun.c:1996\n new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:593 [inline]\n vfs_write+0x5c9/0xb30 fs/read_write.c:686\n ksys_write+0x145/0x250 fs/read_write.c:738\n do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]\n do_syscall_64+0xfa/0x3b0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f\n\n Freed by task 6079:\n kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:47 [inline]\n kasan_save_track+0x3e/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:68\n kasan_save_free_info+0x46/0x50 mm/kasan/generic.c:576\n poison_slab_object mm/kasan/common.c:243 [inline]\n __kasan_slab_free+0x5b/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:275\n kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:233 [inline]\n slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:2422 [inline]\n slab_free mm/slub.c:4695 [inline]\n kmem_cache_free+0x18f/0x400 mm/slub.c:4797\n skb_pp_cow_data+0xdd8/0x13e0 net/core/skbuff.c:969\n netif_skb_check_for_xdp net/core/dev.c:5390 [inline]\n netif_receive_generic_xdp net/core/dev.c:5431 [inline]\n do_xdp_generic+0x699/0x11a0 net/core/dev.c:5499\n tun_get_user+0x2523/0x3e20 drivers/net/tun.c:1872\n tun_chr_write_iter+0x113/0x200 drivers/net/tun.c:1996\n new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:593 [inline]\n vfs_write+0x5c9/0xb30 fs/read_write.c:686\n ksys_write+0x145/0x250 fs/read_write.c:738\n do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]\n do_syscall_64+0xfa/0x3b0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f\n\nAfter commit e6d5dbdd20aa (\"xdp: add multi-buff support for xdp running in\ngeneric mode\"), the original skb may be freed in skb_pp_cow_data() when\nXDP program was attached, which was allocated in tun_napi_alloc_frags().\nHowever, the napi-\u003eskb still point to the original skb, update it after\nXDP process." affected: 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