CVE-2025-23138

Medium

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()?)

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.5
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux Kernel
PublishedApr 16, 2025
First seenApr 16, 2025

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux linux_kernel5.10.210 ≤ 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 < 6.14.25.10.236, 5.15.180, 6.1.134, 6.6.87, 6.12.23, 6.13.11, 6.14.2
debian debian_linux11.0—

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