CVE-2025-71072

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the rest can be done without any potentially failing\noperations.\n\nThat preinsertion has to be done in shmem_rename2() rather than in\nsimple_offset_rename() itself - otherwise we'd need to deal with the\npossibility of failure after successful shmem_whiteout()."}, {"lang": "es", "value": "En el kernel de Linux, la siguiente vulnerabilidad ha sido resuelta:\n\nshmem: corrige la recuperaci\u00f3n en fallos de renombrado\n\nLas inserciones de maple_tree pueden fallar si tenemos una escasez grave de memoria; simple_offset_rename() no se recupera bien si se encuentra con eso. Lo mismo ocurre con simple_offset_rename_exchange().\n\nAdem\u00e1s, shmem_whiteout() espera que, si tiene \u00e9xito, el llamador avance a d_move(), es decir, que shmem_rename2() no falle despu\u00e9s de la llamada exitosa de shmem_whiteout().\n\nNo es dif\u00edcil de arreglar, afortunadamente: mtree_store() no puede fallar si el \u00edndice en el que estamos intentando almacenar ya est\u00e1 presente en el \u00e1rbol como un singleton.\n\nPara simple_offset_rename_exchange() eso es suficiente; solo necesitamos tener cuidado con el orden de las operaciones.\n\nPara simple_offset_rename() la soluci\u00f3n es preinsertar el objetivo en el \u00e1rbol para new_dir; el resto se puede hacer sin ninguna operaci\u00f3n que pueda fallar.\n\nEsa preinserci\u00f3n tiene que hacerse en shmem_rename2() en lugar de en simple_offset_rename() mismo; de lo contrario, necesitar\u00edamos lidiar con la posibilidad de fallo despu\u00e9s de un shmem_whiteout() exitoso."}], "id": "CVE-2025-71072", "lastModified": "2026-10-21T13:18:24.783", "metrics": {"cvssMetricV31": [{"cvssData": {"attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackVector": "NETWORK", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "baseScore": 8.2, "baseSeverity": "HIGH", "confidentialityImpact": "NONE", "integrityImpact": "LOW", "privilegesRequired": "NONE", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "userInteraction": "NONE", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H", "version": "3.1"}, "exploitabilityScore": 3.9, "impactScore": 4.2, "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "type": "Secondary"}, {"cvssData": {"attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackVector": "LOCAL", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "baseScore": 5.5, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "confidentialityImpact": "NONE", "integrityImpact": "NONE", "privilegesRequired": "LOW", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "userInteraction": "NONE", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H", "version": "3.1"}, "exploitabilityScore": 1.8, "impactScore": 3.6, "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}, "published": "2026-01-13T16:16:06.633", "references": [{"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4642686699a46718d7f2fb5acd1e9d866a9d9cca"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b0fe71fb3965d0db83cdfc2f4fe0b3227d70113"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8fdbc6f9a994eb327868a4aa74a58953f31a2d0f"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e1b4c6a58304fd490124cc2b454d80edc786665c"}], "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "vulnStatus": "Modified", "weaknesses": [{"description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "NVD-CWE-noinfo"}], "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}

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