Bug 2360221 (CVE-2025-22029) - CVE-2025-22029 kernel: exec: fix the racy usage of fs_struct->in_exec
Summary: CVE-2025-22029 kernel: exec: fix the racy usage of fs_struct->in_exec
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2025-22029
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2025-04-16 15:03 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2025-06-18 10:19 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-04-16 15:03:21 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

exec: fix the racy usage of fs_struct->in_exec

check_unsafe_exec() sets fs->in_exec under cred_guard_mutex, then execve()
paths clear fs->in_exec lockless. This is fine if exec succeeds, but if it
fails we have the following race:

	T1 sets fs->in_exec = 1, fails, drops cred_guard_mutex

	T2 sets fs->in_exec = 1

	T1 clears fs->in_exec

	T2 continues with fs->in_exec == 0

Change fs/exec.c to clear fs->in_exec with cred_guard_mutex held.

Comment 1 Avinash Hanwate 2025-04-17 13:25:20 UTC
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025041655-CVE-2025-22029-349f@gregkh/T

Comment 2 TEJ RATHI 2025-05-29 06:40:48 UTC
This CVE has been rejected by the Linux kernel community. Refer to the announcement: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025050126-REJECTED-7655@gregkh/

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