CVE-2025-38048

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drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c:2566\n skb_xmit_done+0x5f/0x140 drivers/net/virtio_net.c:777\n vring_interrupt+0x161/0x190 drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c:2715\n __handle_irq_event_percpu+0x95/0x490 kernel/irq/handle.c:158\n handle_irq_event_percpu kernel/irq/handle.c:193 [inline]\n\nvalue changed: 0x01 -> 0x00\n==================================================================\n\nWhen the data race occurs, the function virtqueue_enable_cb_delayed() sets\nevent_triggered to false, and virtqueue_disable_cb_split/packed() reads it\nas false due to the race condition. Since event_triggered is an unreliable\nhint used for optimization, this should only cause the driver temporarily\nsuggest that the device not send an interrupt notification when the event\nindex is used.\n\nFix this KCSAN reported data-race issue by explicitly tagging the access as\ndata_racy."}, {"lang": "es", "value": "En el kernel de Linux, se ha resuelto la siguiente vulnerabilidad: virtio_ring: corrige la ejecuci\u00f3n de datos etiquetando event_triggered como racy para KCSAN syzbot informa una ejecuci\u00f3n de datos al acceder a event_triggered, aqu\u00ed est\u00e1 la pila simplificada cuando ocurri\u00f3 el problema: ===================================================================== ERROR: KCSAN: ejecuci\u00f3n de datos en virtqueue_disable_cb / virtqueue_enable_cb_delayed escribe en 0xffff8881025bc452 de 1 byte por la tarea 3288 en la CPU 0: virtqueue_enable_cb_delayed+0x42/0x3c0 drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c:2653 start_xmit+0x230/0x1310 drivers/net/virtio_net.c:3264 __netdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:5151 [en l\u00ednea] netdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:5160 [en l\u00ednea] xmit_one net/core/dev.c:3800 [en l\u00ednea] lectura a 0xffff8881025bc452 de 1 byte por interrupci\u00f3n en la CPU 1: virtqueue_disable_cb_split drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c:880 [en l\u00ednea] virtqueue_disable_cb+0x92/0x180 drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c:2566 skb_xmit_done+0x5f/0x140 drivers/net/virtio_net.c:777 vring_interrupt+0x161/0x190 drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c:2715 __handle_irq_event_percpu+0x95/0x490 kernel/irq/handle.c:158 handle_irq_event_percpu kernel/irq/handle.c:193 [inline] valor cambiado: 0x01 -> 0x00 ===================================================================== Cuando ocurre la ejecuci\u00f3n de datos, la funci\u00f3n virtqueue_enable_cb_delayed() establece event_triggered en falso, y virtqueue_disable_cb_split/packed() lo lee como falso debido a la condici\u00f3n de ejecuci\u00f3n. Dado que event_triggered es una indicaci\u00f3n poco fiable utilizada para la optimizaci\u00f3n, esto solo deber\u00eda provocar que el controlador sugiera temporalmente que el dispositivo no env\u00ede una notificaci\u00f3n de interrupci\u00f3n cuando se utilice el \u00edndice de evento. Solucione este problema de ejecuci\u00f3n de datos informado por KCSAN etiquetando expl\u00edcitamente el acceso como data_racy."}], "id": "CVE-2025-38048", "lastModified": "2026-06-17T09:15:56.920", "metrics": {"cvssMetricV31": [{"cvssData": {"attackComplexity": "HIGH", "attackVector": "LOCAL", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "baseScore": 4.7, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "confidentialityImpact": "NONE", "integrityImpact": "NONE", "privilegesRequired": "LOW", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "userInteraction": "NONE", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H", "version": "3.1"}, "exploitabilityScore": 1.0, "impactScore": 3.6, "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}, "published": "2025-06-18T10:15:37.450", "references": [{"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/02d2d6caee3abc9335cfca35f8eb4492173ae6f2"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e2f925fe737576df2373931c95e1a2b66efdfef"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4ed8f0e808b3fcc71c5b8be7902d8738ed595b17"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b49b5132e4c7307599492aee1cdc6d89f7f2a7da"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b6d6419548286b2b9d2b90df824d3cab797f6ae8"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b730cb109633c455ce8a7cd6934986c6a16d88d8"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Third Party Advisory"], "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html"}], "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "vulnStatus": "Analyzed", "weaknesses": [{"description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "CWE-362"}], "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}

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