Bug 2467104 (CVE-2025-71274) - CVE-2025-71274 kernel: rpmsg: core: fix race in driver_override_show() and use core helper
Summary: CVE-2025-71274 kernel: rpmsg: core: fix race in driver_override_show() and us...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2025-71274
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-05-06 13:04 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-05-06 16:40 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-05-06 13:04:30 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

rpmsg: core: fix race in driver_override_show() and use core helper

The driver_override_show function reads the driver_override string
without holding the device_lock. However, the store function modifies
and frees the string while holding the device_lock. This creates a race
condition where the string can be freed by the store function while
being read by the show function, leading to a use-after-free.

To fix this, replace the rpmsg_string_attr macro with explicit show and
store functions. The new driver_override_store uses the standard
driver_set_override helper. Since the introduction of
driver_set_override, the comments in include/linux/rpmsg.h have stated
that this helper must be used to set or clear driver_override, but the
implementation was not updated until now.

Because driver_set_override modifies and frees the string while holding
the device_lock, the new driver_override_show now correctly holds the
device_lock during the read operation to prevent the race.

Additionally, since rpmsg_string_attr has only ever been used for
driver_override, removing the macro simplifies the code.


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