5.5
CVE-2025-38614
- EPSS 0.02%
- Veröffentlicht 19.08.2025 17:15:40
- Zuletzt bearbeitet 09.01.2026 16:08:32
- Quelle 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081f
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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.Verknüpft mit AI von unstrukturierten Daten zu bestehenden CPE der NVD
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Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 2.6.32.30 < 2.6.33
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 2.6.33.8 < 2.6.34
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 2.6.34.10 < 2.6.35
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 2.6.35.12 < 2.6.36
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 2.6.37.3 < 2.6.38
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 2.6.38.1 < 5.15.190
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 5.16 < 6.1.149
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 6.2 < 6.6.103
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 6.7 < 6.12.43
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 6.13 < 6.15.11
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 6.16 < 6.16.1
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version2.6.38 Update-
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version2.6.38 Updaterc7
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version2.6.38 Updaterc8
Debian ≫ Debian Linux Version11.0
| Typ | Quelle | Score | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| EPSS | FIRST.org | 0.02% | 0.052 |
| 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
|
CWE-674 Uncontrolled Recursion
The product does not properly control the amount of recursion that takes place, consuming excessive resources, such as allocated memory or the program stack.