CVE-2025-23138
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: watch_queue: fix pipe accounting mismatch Currently, watch_queue_set_size() modifies the pipe buffers charged to user->pipe_bufs without updating the pipe->nr_accounted on the pipe itself, due to the if (!pipe_has_watch_queue()) test in pipe_resize_ring(). This means that when the pipe is ultimately freed, we decrement user->pipe_bufs by something other than what than we had charged to it, potentially leading to an underflow. This in turn can cause subsequent too_many_pipe_buffers_soft() tests to fail with -EPERM. To remedy this, explicitly account for the pipe usage in watch_queue_set_size() to match the number set via account_pipe_buffers() (It's unclear why watch_queue_set_size() does not update nr_accounted; it may be due to intentional overprovisioning in watch_queue_set_size()?)
How to fix
- linux linux_kernel5.10.236, 5.15.180, 6.1.134, 6.6.87, 6.12.23, 6.13.11, 6.14.2 or later
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/205028ebba838938d3b264dda1d0708fa7fe1ade
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d680b988656bb556c863d8b46d9b9096842bf3d
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/471c89b7d4f58bd6082f7c1fe14d4ca15c7f1284
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/56ec918e6c86c1536870e4373e91eddd0c44245f
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/6dafa27764183738dc5368b669b71e3d0d154f12
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/8658c75343ed00e5e154ebbe24335f51ba8db547
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/d40e3537265dea9e3c33021874437ff26dc18787
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/f13abc1e8e1a3b7455511c4e122750127f6bc9b0
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| linux linux_kernel | 5.10.210 ≤ v < 5.10.236, 5.15.149 ≤ v < 5.15.180, 6.1.76 ≤ v < 6.1.134, 6.6.15 ≤ v < 6.6.87, 6.7.3 ≤ v < 6.12.23, 6.13 ≤ v < 6.13.11, 6.14 ≤ v < 6.14.2 | 5.10.236, 5.15.180, 6.1.134, 6.6.87, 6.12.23, 6.13.11, 6.14.2 |
| debian debian_linux | 11.0 | — |
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