In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vsock: Keep the binding until socket destruction Preserve sockets bindings; this includes both resulting from an explicit bind() and those implicitly bound through autobind during connect(). Prevents socket unbinding during a transport reassignment, which fixes a use-after-free: 1. vsock_create() (refcnt=1) calls vsock_insert_unbound() (refcnt=2) 2. transport->release() calls vsock_remove_bound() without checking if sk was bound and moved to bound list (refcnt=1) 3. vsock_bind() assumes sk is in unbound list and before __vsock_insert_bound(vsock_bound_sockets()) calls __vsock_remove_bound() which does: list_del_init(&vsk->bound_table); // nop sock_put(&vsk->sk); // refcnt=0 BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in __vsock_bind+0x62e/0x730 Read of size 4 at addr ffff88816b46a74c by task a.out/2057 dump_stack_lvl+0x68/0x90 print_report+0x174/0x4f6 kasan_report+0xb9/0x190 __vsock_bind+0x62e/0x730 vsock_bind+0x97/0xe0 __sys_bind+0x154/0x1f0 __x64_sys_bind+0x6e/0xb0 do_syscall_64+0x93/0x1b0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e Allocated by task 2057: kasan_save_stack+0x1e/0x40 kasan_save_track+0x10/0x30 __kasan_slab_alloc+0x85/0x90 kmem_cache_alloc_noprof+0x131/0x450 sk_prot_alloc+0x5b/0x220 sk_alloc+0x2c/0x870 __vsock_create.constprop.0+0x2e/0xb60 vsock_create+0xe4/0x420 __sock_create+0x241/0x650 __sys_socket+0xf2/0x1a0 __x64_sys_socket+0x6e/0xb0 do_syscall_64+0x93/0x1b0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e Freed by task 2057: kasan_save_stack+0x1e/0x40 kasan_save_track+0x10/0x30 kasan_save_free_info+0x37/0x60 __kasan_slab_free+0x4b/0x70 kmem_cache_free+0x1a1/0x590 __sk_destruct+0x388/0x5a0 __vsock_bind+0x5e1/0x730 vsock_bind+0x97/0xe0 __sys_bind+0x154/0x1f0 __x64_sys_bind+0x6e/0xb0 do_syscall_64+0x93/0x1b0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e refcount_t: addition on 0; use-after-free. WARNING: CPU: 7 PID: 2057 at lib/refcount.c:25 refcount_warn_saturate+0xce/0x150 RIP: 0010:refcount_warn_saturate+0xce/0x150 __vsock_bind+0x66d/0x730 vsock_bind+0x97/0xe0 __sys_bind+0x154/0x1f0 __x64_sys_bind+0x6e/0xb0 do_syscall_64+0x93/0x1b0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e refcount_t: underflow; use-after-free. WARNING: CPU: 7 PID: 2057 at lib/refcount.c:28 refcount_warn_saturate+0xee/0x150 RIP: 0010:refcount_warn_saturate+0xee/0x150 vsock_remove_bound+0x187/0x1e0 __vsock_release+0x383/0x4a0 vsock_release+0x90/0x120 __sock_release+0xa3/0x250 sock_close+0x14/0x20 __fput+0x359/0xa80 task_work_run+0x107/0x1d0 do_exit+0x847/0x2560 do_group_exit+0xb8/0x250 __x64_sys_exit_group+0x3a/0x50 x64_sys_call+0xfec/0x14f0 do_syscall_64+0x93/0x1b0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e
Upstream advisory: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025022603-CVE-2025-21756-5e09@gregkh/T
This issue has been addressed in the following products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Update Services for SAP Solutions Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Telecommunications Update Service Via RHSA-2025:7652 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:7652
This issue has been addressed in the following products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support Via RHSA-2025:7676 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:7676
This issue has been addressed in the following products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support Via RHSA-2025:7682 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:7682
This issue has been addressed in the following products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support Via RHSA-2025:7683 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:7683
This issue has been addressed in the following products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions Via RHSA-2025:7896 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:7896
This issue has been addressed in the following products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Telecommunications Update Service Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions Via RHSA-2025:7902 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:7902
This issue has been addressed in the following products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Telecommunications Update Service Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions Via RHSA-2025:7901 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:7901
This issue has been addressed in the following products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions Via RHSA-2025:7897 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:7897
This issue has been addressed in the following products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Via RHSA-2025:7903 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:7903
This issue has been addressed in the following products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Via RHSA-2025:8056 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:8056
This issue has been addressed in the following products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Via RHSA-2025:8057 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:8057
This issue has been addressed in the following products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support Via RHSA-2025:8058 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:8058