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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2025-68372" idYear: 2025 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2025-12-24T10:33:02.679Z" updatedAt: "2026-06-16T19:28:42.649Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:57:44.935Z" 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-2025-68372" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2025-68372.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-68372" title: "nbd: defer config put in recv_work" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnbd: defer config put in recv_work\n\nThere is one uaf issue in recv_work when running NBD_CLEAR_SOCK and\nNBD_CMD_RECONFIGURE:\n nbd_genl_connect // conf_ref=2 (connect and recv_work A)\n nbd_open\t // conf_ref=3\n recv_work A done // conf_ref=2\n NBD_CLEAR_SOCK // conf_ref=1\n nbd_genl_reconfigure // conf_ref=2 (trigger recv_work B)\n close nbd\t // conf_ref=1\n recv_work B\n config_put // conf_ref=0\n atomic_dec(&config-\u003erecv_threads); -\u003e UAF\n\nOr only running NBD_CLEAR_SOCK:\n nbd_genl_connect // conf_ref=2\n nbd_open \t // conf_ref=3\n NBD_CLEAR_SOCK // conf_ref=2\n close nbd\n nbd_release\n config_put // conf_ref=1\n recv_work\n config_put \t // conf_ref=0\n atomic_dec(&config-\u003erecv_threads); -\u003e UAF\n\nCommit 87aac3a80af5 (\"nbd: call nbd_config_put() before notifying the\nwaiter\") moved nbd_config_put() to run before waking up the waiter in\nrecv_work, in order to ensure that nbd_start_device_ioctl() would not\nbe woken up while nbd-\u003etask_recv was still uncleared.\n\nHowever, in nbd_start_device_ioctl(), after being woken up it explicitly\ncalls flush_workqueue() to make sure all current works are finished.\nTherefore, there is no need to move the config put ahead of the wakeup.\n\nMove nbd_config_put() to the end of recv_work, so that the reference is\nheld for the whole lifetime of the worker thread. This makes sure the\nconfig cannot be freed while recv_work is still running, even if clear\n+ reconfigure interleave.\n\nIn addition, we don't need to worry about recv_work dropping the last\nnbd_put (which causes deadlock):\n\npath A (netlink with NBD_CFLAG_DESTROY_ON_DISCONNECT):\n connect // nbd_refs=1 (trigger recv_work)\n open nbd // nbd_refs=2\n NBD_CLEAR_SOCK\n close nbd\n nbd_release\n nbd_disconnect_and_put\n flush_workqueue // recv_work done\n nbd_config_put\n nbd_put // nbd_refs=1\n nbd_put // nbd_refs=0\n queue_work\n\npath B (netlink without NBD_CFLAG_DESTROY_ON_DISCONNECT):\n connect // nbd_refs=2 (trigger recv_work)\n open nbd // nbd_refs=3\n NBD_CLEAR_SOCK // conf_refs=2\n close nbd\n nbd_release\n nbd_config_put // conf_refs=1\n nbd_put // nbd_refs=2\n recv_work done // conf_refs=0, nbd_refs=1\n rmmod // nbd_refs=0\n\nDepends-on: e2daec488c57 (\"nbd: Fix hungtask when nbd_config_put\")" affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"87aac3a80af5cbad93e63250e8a1e19095ba0d30","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"198aa230a6f8c1f6af7ed26b29180749c3e79e4d"},{"version":"87aac3a80af5cbad93e63250e8a1e19095ba0d30","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"d3ba312675911ff9e3fefefd551751e153a9f0a9"},{"version":"87aac3a80af5cbad93e63250e8a1e19095ba0d30","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"3692884bd6187d89d41eef81e5a9724519fd01c1"},{"version":"87aac3a80af5cbad93e63250e8a1e19095ba0d30","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"1ba2ced2bbdf7e64a30c3e88c70ea8bc208d1509"},{"version":"87aac3a80af5cbad93e63250e8a1e19095ba0d30","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"6b69593f72e1bfba6ca47ca8d9b619341fded7d6"},{"version":"87aac3a80af5cbad93e63250e8a1e19095ba0d30","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"443a1721806b6ff6303b5229e9811d68172d622f"},{"version":"87aac3a80af5cbad93e63250e8a1e19095ba0d30","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"742012f6bf29553fdc460bf646a58df3a7b43d01"},{"version":"87aac3a80af5cbad93e63250e8a1e19095ba0d30","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"9517b82d8d422d426a988b213fdd45c6b417b86d"},{"version":"0a4e383fc3aa6540f804c4fd1184a96ae5de6ef8","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"2ef6f4bd60411934e3fc2715442c2afe70f84bf3","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"742fd49cf811ca164489e339b862e3fb8e240a73","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"14df8724aeeef338172e2a2d6efadc989921ca0f","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"4.14.204","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"4.15"},{"version":"4.19.155","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"4.20"},{"version":"5.4.75","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.5"},{"version":"5.9.5","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.10"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"5.10","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.10"},{"version":"5.10.248","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*"},{"version":"5.15.198","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*"},{"version":"6.1.160","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.6.120","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.12.63","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.17.13","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.17.*"},{"version":"6.18.2","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*"},{"version":"6.19","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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