Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
binder: fix UAF of ref->proc caused by race condition
A transaction of type BINDER_TYPE_WEAK_HANDLE can fail to increment the
reference for a node. In this case, the target proc normally releases
the failed reference upon close as expected. However, if the target is
dying in parallel the call will race with binder_deferred_release(), so
the target could have released all of its references by now leaving the
cleanup of the new failed reference unhandled.
The transaction then ends and the target proc gets released making the
ref->proc now a dangling pointer. Later on, ref->node is closed and we
attempt to take spin_lock(&ref->proc->inner_lock), which leads to the
use-after-free bug reported below. Let's fix this by cleaning up the
failed reference on the spot instead of relying on the target to do so.
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BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in _raw_spin_lock+0xa8/0x150
Write of size 4 at addr ffff5ca207094238 by task kworker/1:0/590
CPU: 1 PID: 590 Comm: kworker/1:0 Not tainted 5.19.0-rc8 #10
Hardware name: linux,dummy-virt (DT)
Workqueue: events binder_deferred_func
Call trace:
dump_backtrace.part.0+0x1d0/0x1e0
show_stack+0x18/0x70
dump_stack_lvl+0x68/0x84
print_report+0x2e4/0x61c
kasan_report+0xa4/0x110
kasan_check_range+0xfc/0x1a4
__kasan_check_write+0x3c/0x50
_raw_spin_lock+0xa8/0x150
binder_deferred_func+0x5e0/0x9b0
process_one_work+0x38c/0x5f0
worker_thread+0x9c/0x694
kthread+0x188/0x190
ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | 4.14 | 4.14.293 |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | linux | 5.19.11-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | linux | 5.19.11-1 | — |
| Debian 12 | linux | 5.19.11-1 | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | linux-riscv +2 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | linux +1 | 5.15.0-57.63 | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | linux-aws | 5.15.0-1027.31 | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | linux-azure | 5.15.0-1030.37 | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | linux-azure-fde | 5.15.0-1030.37.1 | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | linux-gcp | 5.15.0-1026.33 | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | linux-gke | 5.15.0-1024.29 | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | linux-gkeop | 5.15.0-1012.16 | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | linux-ibm | 5.15.0-1022.25 | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | linux-intel-iotg | 5.15.0-1023.28 | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | linux-kvm | 5.15.0-1025.30 | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | linux-nvidia | 5.15.0-1015.15 | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | linux-oracle | 5.15.0-1026.32 | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | linux-raspi | 5.15.0-1022.24 | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | linux-riscv +32 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | linux | 5.4.0-136.153 | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | linux-aws | 5.4.0-1093.101 | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | linux-aws-5.15 +1 | 5.15.0-1027.31~20.04.1 | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | linux-azure | 5.4.0-1100.106 | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | linux-azure-5.15 | 5.15.0-1030.37~20.04.1 | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | linux-bluefield | 5.4.0-1054.60 | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | linux-gcp | 5.4.0-1097.106 | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | linux-gcp-5.15 | 5.15.0-1027.34~20.04.1 | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | linux-gke +28 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | linux-hwe-5.15 | 5.15.0-57.63~20.04.1 | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | linux-ibm | 5.4.0-1041.46 | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | linux-intel-iotg-5.15 | 5.15.0-1023.28~20.04.1 | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | linux-iot | 5.4.0-1010.12 | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | linux-kvm | 5.4.0-1083.89 | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 | 5.15.0-58.64~20.04.1 | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | linux-oracle | 5.4.0-1091.100 | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | linux-oracle-5.15 | 5.15.0-1027.33~20.04.1 | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | linux-raspi | 5.4.0-1078.89 | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | linux | 4.15.0-201.212 | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | linux-aws | 4.15.0-1147.159 | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | linux-aws-5.4 | 5.4.0-1093.102~18.04.2 | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | linux-azure-4.15 | 4.15.0-1158.173 | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | linux-azure-5.4 | 5.4.0-1100.106~18.04.1 | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | linux-gcp +14 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | linux-gcp-4.15 | 4.15.0-1142.158 | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | linux-gcp-5.4 | 5.4.0-1097.106~18.04.1 | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | linux-hwe-5.4 | 5.4.0-136.153~18.04.1 | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | linux-ibm-5.4 | 5.4.0-1041.46~18.04.1 | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | linux-kvm | 4.15.0-1133.138 | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | linux-oracle | 4.15.0-1112.123 | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | linux-oracle-5.4 | 5.4.0-1091.100~18.04.1 | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | linux-raspi-5.4 | 5.4.0-1078.89~18.04.1 | — |
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS | linux-hwe-edge | No fix yet | — |
Show 7 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS | linux-realtime | 5.15.0-1029.32 | — |
| Ubuntu Pro FIPS 20.04 LTS | linux-fips +3 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu Pro FIPS 18.04 LTS | linux-fips +3 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS | linux-aws-fips | 5.4.0-1093.101+fips1 | — |
| Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS | linux-azure-fips | 5.4.0-1100.106+fips1 | — |
| Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS | linux-fips | 5.4.0-1069.78 | — |
| Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS | linux-gcp-fips | 5.4.0-1097.106+fips1 | — |
| Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS | linux-aws-fips | 4.15.0-2087.93 | — |
| Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS | linux-azure-fips | 4.15.0-2067.73 | — |
| Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS | linux-fips | 4.15.0-1104.115 | — |
| Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS | linux-gcp-fips | 4.15.0-2052.57 | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS | linux-aws-hwe | 4.15.0-1147.159~16.04.1 | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS | linux-azure | 4.15.0-1159.174~16.04.1 | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS | linux-gcp | 4.15.0-1142.158~16.04.1 | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS | linux-hwe | 4.15.0-201.212~16.04.1 | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS | linux-oracle | 4.15.0-1112.123~16.04.1 | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS | linux-azure | 4.15.0-1158.173~14.04.1 | — |
Advisories 1
- WID-SEC-2025-1350 Linux Kernel: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen Denial of Service BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Nov 12, 2026
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/229f47603dd306bc0eb1a831439adb8e48bb0eae
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/06e5b43ca4dab06a92bf4c2f33766e6fb11b880a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/30d0901b307f27d36b2655fb3048cf31ee0e89c0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9629f2dfdb1dad294b468038ff8e161e94d0b609
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c2a4b5dc8fa71af73bab704d0cac42ac39767ed6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/603a47f2ae56bf68288784d3c0a8c5b8e0a827ed
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a0e44c64b6061dda7e00b7c458e4523e2331b739