Bug 2355405 (CVE-2025-21887)

Summary:	CVE-2025-21887 kernel: ovl: fix UAF in ovl_dentry_update_reval by moving dput() in ovl_link_up
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	dfreiber, drow, jburrell, vkumar
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Doc Text:	A use after free vulnerability exists in the linux kernel such that dput(upper) is being called before ovl_dentry_update_reval(), while upper->d_flags was still accessed in ovl_dentry_remote().	Story Points:	---
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-03-27 16:01:46 UTC

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

ovl: fix UAF in ovl_dentry_update_reval by moving dput() in ovl_link_up

The issue was caused by dput(upper) being called before
ovl_dentry_update_reval(), while upper->d_flags was still
accessed in ovl_dentry_remote().

Move dput(upper) after its last use to prevent use-after-free.

BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in ovl_dentry_remote fs/overlayfs/util.c:162 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in ovl_dentry_update_reval+0xd2/0xf0 fs/overlayfs/util.c:167

Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline]
 dump_stack_lvl+0x116/0x1f0 lib/dump_stack.c:114
 print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:377 [inline]
 print_report+0xc3/0x620 mm/kasan/report.c:488
 kasan_report+0xd9/0x110 mm/kasan/report.c:601
 ovl_dentry_remote fs/overlayfs/util.c:162 [inline]
 ovl_dentry_update_reval+0xd2/0xf0 fs/overlayfs/util.c:167
 ovl_link_up fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c:610 [inline]
 ovl_copy_up_one+0x2105/0x3490 fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c:1170
 ovl_copy_up_flags+0x18d/0x200 fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c:1223
 ovl_rename+0x39e/0x18c0 fs/overlayfs/dir.c:1136
 vfs_rename+0xf84/0x20a0 fs/namei.c:4893
...
 </TASK>

Comment 1 Avinash Hanwate 2025-03-28 06:31:11 UTC

Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025032714-CVE-2025-21887-48e8@gregkh/T

Comment 2 errata-xmlrpc 2025-06-16 07:44:07 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

Via RHSA-2025:9079 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9079