5.5

CVE-2025-21846

acct: perform last write from workqueue

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

acct: perform last write from workqueue

In [1] it was reported that the acct(2) system call can be used to
trigger NULL deref in cases where it is set to write to a file that
triggers an internal lookup. This can e.g., happen when pointing acc(2)
to /sys/power/resume. At the point the where the write to this file
happens the calling task has already exited and called exit_fs(). A
lookup will thus trigger a NULL-deref when accessing current->fs.

Reorganize the code so that the the final write happens from the
workqueue but with the caller's credentials. This preserves the
(strange) permission model and has almost no regression risk.

This api should stop to exist though.
Daten sind bereitgestellt durch National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 2.6.12 < 6.1.130
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 6.2 < 6.6.80
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 6.7 < 6.12.17
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 6.13 < 6.13.5
LinuxLinux Kernel Version6.14 Updaterc1
LinuxLinux Kernel Version6.14 Updaterc2
LinuxLinux Kernel Version6.14 Updaterc3
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EPSS Metriken
Typ Quelle Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.21% 0.111
CVSS Metriken
Quelle Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector String
nvd@nist.gov 5.5 1.8 3.6
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 5.5 1.8 3.6
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5ee8da9bea70dda492d61f075658939af33d8410
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5c928e14a2ccd99462f2351ead627b58075bb736
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a59ced8ffc71973d42c82484a719c8f6ac8f7f7
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a8136afca090412a36429cb6c2543c714d9c0f84
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/56d5f3eba3f5de0efdd556de4ef381e109b973a9
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d5b936cfa4b0d5670ca7420ef165a074bc008eb
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8acbf4a88c6a98c8ed00afd1a7d1abcca9b4735e
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b03782ae707cc45e65242c7cddd8e28f1c22cde5
Patch
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00045.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00030.html
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html