Bug 2363288 (CVE-2025-23154)

Summary:	CVE-2025-23154 kernel: io_uring/net: fix io_req_post_cqe abuse by send bundle
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev>
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Version:	unspecified	CC:	dfreiber, drow, jburrell, vkumar
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-05-01 14:02:22 UTC

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

io_uring/net: fix io_req_post_cqe abuse by send bundle

[  114.987980][ T5313] WARNING: CPU: 6 PID: 5313 at io_uring/io_uring.c:872 io_req_post_cqe+0x12e/0x4f0
[  114.991597][ T5313] RIP: 0010:io_req_post_cqe+0x12e/0x4f0
[  115.001880][ T5313] Call Trace:
[  115.002222][ T5313]  <TASK>
[  115.007813][ T5313]  io_send+0x4fe/0x10f0
[  115.009317][ T5313]  io_issue_sqe+0x1a6/0x1740
[  115.012094][ T5313]  io_wq_submit_work+0x38b/0xed0
[  115.013223][ T5313]  io_worker_handle_work+0x62a/0x1600
[  115.013876][ T5313]  io_wq_worker+0x34f/0xdf0

As the comment states, io_req_post_cqe() should only be used by
multishot requests, i.e. REQ_F_APOLL_MULTISHOT, which bundled sends are
not. Add a flag signifying whether a request wants to post multiple
CQEs. Eventually REQ_F_APOLL_MULTISHOT should imply the new flag, but
that's left out for simplicity.

Comment 1 Avinash Hanwate 2025-05-02 05:08:30 UTC

Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025050129-CVE-2025-23154-36e0@gregkh/T