Bug 2393510 (CVE-2025-39673)

Summary: CVE-2025-39673 kernel: ppp: fix race conditions in ppp_fill_forward_path
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-09-05 18:03:18 UTC 
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ppp: fix race conditions in ppp_fill_forward_path

ppp_fill_forward_path() has two race conditions:

1. The ppp->channels list can change between list_empty() and
   list_first_entry(), as ppp_lock() is not held. If the only channel
   is deleted in ppp_disconnect_channel(), list_first_entry() may
   access an empty head or a freed entry, and trigger a panic.

2. pch->chan can be NULL. When ppp_unregister_channel() is called,
   pch->chan is set to NULL before pch is removed from ppp->channels.

Fix these by using a lockless RCU approach:
- Use list_first_or_null_rcu() to safely test and access the first list
  entry.
- Convert list modifications on ppp->channels to their RCU variants and
  add synchronize_net() after removal.
- Check for a NULL pch->chan before dereferencing it.
Comment 1 Jon Moroney 2025-09-05 21:36:23 UTC 
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025090544-CVE-2025-39673-61bb@gregkh/T