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Unscored CVE-2025-38666 EUVD-2025-25535GHSA-xx5j-8788-qwj6

net: appletalk: Fix use-after-free in AARP proxy probe

Published Aug 22, 2025 · Updated May 11, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

Vendor: Linux Product: Linux Package: kernel Package: linux Package: linux Package: linux-allwinner-5.19 Package: linux-aws Package: linux-aws-5.0 Package: linux-aws-5.11 Package: linux-aws-5.13 Package: linux-aws-5.15 Package: linux-aws-5.19 Package: linux-aws-5.3 Package: linux-aws-5.4 Package: linux-aws-5.8 Package: linux-aws-6.14 Package: linux-aws-6.2 Package: linux-aws-6.5 Package: linux-aws-6.8 Package: linux-aws-fips Package: linux-aws-hwe Package: linux-azure Package: linux-azure-4.15 Package: linux-azure-5.11 Package: linux-azure-5.13 Package: linux-azure-5.15 Package: linux-azure-5.19 Package: linux-azure-5.3 Package: linux-azure-5.4 Package: linux-azure-5.8 Package: linux-azure-6.11 Package: linux-azure-6.14 Package: linux-azure-6.2 Package: linux-azure-6.5 Package: linux-azure-6.8 Package: linux-azure-edge Package: linux-azure-fde Package: linux-azure-fde-5.19 Package: linux-azure-fde-6.14 Package: linux-azure-fde-6.2 Package: linux-azure-fde-6.8 Package: linux-azure-fips Package: linux-azure-nvidia Package: linux-azure-nvidia-6.14 Package: linux-bluefield Package: linux-fips Package: linux-gcp Package: linux-gcp-4.15 Package: linux-gcp-5.11 Package: linux-gcp-5.13 Package: linux-gcp-5.15 Package: linux-gcp-5.19 Package: linux-gcp-5.3 Package: linux-gcp-5.4 Package: linux-gcp-5.8 Package: linux-gcp-6.11 Package: linux-gcp-6.14 Package: linux-gcp-6.2 Package: linux-gcp-6.5 Package: linux-gcp-6.8 Package: linux-gcp-fips Package: linux-gke Package: linux-gke-4.15 Package: linux-gke-5.15 Package: linux-gke-5.4 Package: linux-gkeop Package: linux-gkeop-5.15 Package: linux-gkeop-5.4 Package: linux-hwe Package: linux-hwe-5.11 Package: linux-hwe-5.13 Package: linux-hwe-5.15 Package: linux-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-hwe-5.4 Package: linux-hwe-5.8 Package: linux-hwe-6.11 Package: linux-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-hwe-6.8 Package: linux-hwe-edge Package: linux-ibm Package: linux-ibm-5.15 Package: linux-ibm-5.4 Package: linux-ibm-6.8 Package: linux-intel Package: linux-intel-5.13 Package: linux-intel-iot-realtime Package: linux-intel-iotg Package: linux-intel-iotg-5.15 Package: linux-iot Package: linux-kvm Package: linux-lowlatency Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 Package: linux-lts-xenial Package: linux-nvidia Package: linux-nvidia-6.11 Package: linux-nvidia-6.2 Package: linux-nvidia-6.5 Package: linux-nvidia-6.8 Package: linux-nvidia-lowlatency Package: linux-nvidia-tegra Package: linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 Package: linux-nvidia-tegra-igx Package: linux-oem Package: linux-oem-5.10 Package: linux-oem-5.13 Package: linux-oem-5.14 Package: linux-oem-5.17 Package: linux-oem-5.6 Package: linux-oem-6.0 Package: linux-oem-6.1 Package: linux-oem-6.11 Package: linux-oem-6.14 Package: linux-oem-6.5 Package: linux-oem-6.8 Package: linux-oracle Package: linux-oracle-5.0 Package: linux-oracle-5.11 Package: linux-oracle-5.13 Package: linux-oracle-5.15 Package: linux-oracle-5.3 Package: linux-oracle-5.4 Package: linux-oracle-5.8 Package: linux-oracle-6.14 Package: linux-oracle-6.5 Package: linux-oracle-6.8 Package: linux-raspi Package: linux-raspi-5.4 Package: linux-raspi-realtime Package: linux-raspi2 Package: linux-realtime Package: linux-realtime-6.14 Package: linux-realtime-6.8 Package: linux-riscv Package: linux-riscv-5.11 Package: linux-riscv-5.15 Package: linux-riscv-5.19 Package: linux-riscv-5.8 Package: linux-riscv-6.14 Package: linux-riscv-6.5 Package: linux-riscv-6.8 Package: linux-starfive-5.19 Package: linux-starfive-6.2 Package: linux-starfive-6.5 Package: linux-vmware Package: linux-xilinx Package: linux-xilinx-zynqmp Platform: Linux Ecosystem: Azure Linux Ecosystem: Debian Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: appletalk: Fix use-after-free in AARP proxy probe

The AARP proxy‐probe routine (aarp_proxy_probe_network) sends a probe,
releases the aarp_lock, sleeps, then re-acquires the lock. During that
window an expire timer thread (__aarp_expire_timer) can remove and
kfree() the same entry, leading to a use-after-free.

race condition:

cpu 0 | cpu 1
atalk_sendmsg() | atif_proxy_probe_device()
aarp_send_ddp() | aarp_proxy_probe_network()
mod_timer() | lock(aarp_lock) // LOCK!!
timeout around 200ms | alloc(aarp_entry)
and then call | proxies[hash] = aarp_entry
aarp_expire_timeout() | aarp_send_probe()
| unlock(aarp_lock) // UNLOCK!!
lock(aarp_lock) // LOCK!! | msleep(100);
__aarp_expire_timer(&proxies[ct]) |
free(aarp_entry) |
unlock(aarp_lock) // UNLOCK!! |
| lock(aarp_lock) // LOCK!!
| UAF aarp_entry !!

==================================================================
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in aarp_proxy_probe_network+0x560/0x630 net/appletalk/aarp.c:493
Read of size 4 at addr ffff8880123aa360 by task repro/13278

CPU: 3 UID: 0 PID: 13278 Comm: repro Not tainted 6.15.2 #3 PREEMPT(full)
Call Trace:
<TASK>
__dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:94 [inline]
dump_stack_lvl+0x116/0x1b0 lib/dump_stack.c:120
print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:408 [inline]
print_report+0xc1/0x630 mm/kasan/report.c:521
kasan_report+0xca/0x100 mm/kasan/report.c:634
aarp_proxy_probe_network+0x560/0x630 net/appletalk/aarp.c:493
atif_proxy_probe_device net/appletalk/ddp.c:332 [inline]
atif_ioctl+0xb58/0x16c0 net/appletalk/ddp.c:857
atalk_ioctl+0x198/0x2f0 net/appletalk/ddp.c:1818
sock_do_ioctl+0xdc/0x260 net/socket.c:1190
sock_ioctl+0x239/0x6a0 net/socket.c:1311
vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
__do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:906 [inline]
__se_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:892 [inline]
__x64_sys_ioctl+0x194/0x200 fs/ioctl.c:892
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0xcb/0x250 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
</TASK>

Allocated:
aarp_alloc net/appletalk/aarp.c:382 [inline]
aarp_proxy_probe_network+0xd8/0x630 net/appletalk/aarp.c:468
atif_proxy_probe_device net/appletalk/ddp.c:332 [inline]
atif_ioctl+0xb58/0x16c0 net/appletalk/ddp.c:857
atalk_ioctl+0x198/0x2f0 net/appletalk/ddp.c:1818

Freed:
kfree+0x148/0x4d0 mm/slub.c:4841
__aarp_expire net/appletalk/aarp.c:90 [inline]
__aarp_expire_timer net/appletalk/aarp.c:261 [inline]
aarp_expire_timeout+0x480/0x6e0 net/appletalk/aarp.c:317

The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff8880123aa300
which belongs to the cache kmalloc-192 of size 192
The buggy address is located 96 bytes inside of
freed 192-byte region [ffff8880123aa300, ffff8880123aa3c0)

Memory state around the buggy address:
ffff8880123aa200: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
ffff8880123aa280: 00 00 00 00 fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc
>ffff8880123aa300: fa fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
^
ffff8880123aa380: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc
ffff8880123aa400: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
==================================================================

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 2.6.12 5.4.297

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.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 linux 6.16.3-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.12.41-1 —
Debian 12 linux 6.1.148-1 —
Debian 11 linux 5.10.244-1 DLA-4327-1
Debian 11 linux-6.1 6.1.153-1~deb11u1 DLA-4328-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Nvidia-BlueField 24.04 LTS linux-bluefield 6.8.0-1014.18 —
Ubuntu Nvidia-BlueField 22.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.15.0-1081.83 —
Ubuntu 25.10 linux-azure-fde No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux 6.8.0-90.91 USN-7931-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-aws 6.8.0-1044.46 USN-7931-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-aws-6.14 +2 6.14.0-1017.17~24.04.1 USN-7934-1, USN-7879-3
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure 6.8.0-1044.50 USN-7935-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure-fde 6.8.0-1046.53 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure-nvidia 6.8.0-1029.32 USN-7940-2
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gcp 6.8.0-1045.48 USN-7931-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gcp-6.14 6.14.0-1020.21~24.04.1 USN-7879-4
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gke 6.8.0-1041.46 USN-7931-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gkeop 6.8.0-1028.31 USN-7931-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-hwe-6.14 6.14.0-36.36~24.04.1 USN-7879-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-ibm 6.8.0-1042.42 USN-7931-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-intel +12 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-lowlatency 6.8.0-90.91.1 USN-7931-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia 6.8.0-1044.47 USN-7931-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-lowlatency 6.8.0-1044.47.1 USN-7931-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra 6.8.0-1020.20 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oem-6.14 6.14.0-1016.16 USN-7880-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oracle 6.8.0-1041.42 USN-7931-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-raspi 6.8.0-1044.48 USN-7931-5
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-riscv-6.14 6.14.0-36.36.1~24.04.1 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-xilinx 6.8.0-1021.22 USN-7931-4
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux +1 5.15.0-163.173 USN-7909-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws 5.15.0-1097.104 USN-7909-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws-6.8 6.8.0-1044.46~22.04.1 USN-7931-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure 5.15.0-1101.110 USN-7910-2
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-6.8 6.8.0-1044.50~22.04.1 USN-7935-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-fde 5.15.0-1102.111.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-fde-6.8 6.8.0-1046.53~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.15.0-1097.106 USN-7909-4
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp-6.8 6.8.0-1045.48~22.04.1 USN-7931-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gke 5.15.0-1093.99 USN-7909-4
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gkeop 5.15.0-1080.88 USN-7909-4
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-hwe-6.8 +1 6.8.0-90.91~22.04.1 USN-7931-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm +1 5.15.0-1091.94 USN-7909-5, USN-7909-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm-6.8 6.8.0-1042.42~22.04.1 USN-7931-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg 5.15.0-1092.98 USN-7909-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-kvm 5.15.0-1089.94 USN-7933-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 6.8.0-90.91.1~22.04.1 USN-7931-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia 5.15.0-1092.93 USN-7909-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-6.8 6.8.0-1044.47~22.04.1 USN-7931-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra 5.15.0-1049.49 USN-7909-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra-igx 5.15.0-1038.38 USN-7909-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.15.0-1094.100 USN-7909-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle-6.8 6.8.0-1041.42~22.04.1 USN-7931-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +32 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-xilinx-zynqmp 5.15.0-1061.65 USN-7909-1
Show 18 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +28 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-raspi-realtime 6.8.0-2035.36 USN-7931-5
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-realtime 6.8.1-1039.40 USN-7931-3
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-realtime-6.14 6.14.0-1016.16~24.04.1 USN-7879-2
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iot-realtime 5.15.0-1089.91 USN-7909-2
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime 5.15.0-1096.105 USN-7909-2
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime-6.8 6.8.1-1039.40~22.04.1 USN-7931-3
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 16.04 LTS linux-fips No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 24.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 6.8.0-1044.46+fips1 USN-7931-2
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 24.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 6.8.0-1044.50+fips1 USN-7940-1
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 24.04 LTS linux-fips 6.8.0-90.91+fips1 USN-7931-2
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 24.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 6.8.0-1045.48+fips1 USN-7931-2
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 5.15.0-1097.104+fips1 USN-7909-3
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 5.15.0-1101.110+fips1 USN-7910-1
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-fips 5.15.0-163.173+fips1 USN-7909-3
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 5.15.0-1097.106+fips1 USN-7909-3
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 5.4.0-1153.163+fips1 USN-7922-2
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 5.4.0-1157.164+fips1 USN-7939-2
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-fips 5.4.0-1127.137 USN-7922-2
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 5.4.0-1156.165+fips1 USN-7922-2
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 4.15.0-2125.131 USN-7907-2
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 4.15.0-2104.110 USN-7937-1
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-fips 4.15.0-1142.154 USN-7907-2
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 4.15.0-2088.94 USN-7907-4
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 16.04 LTS linux-fips 4.4.0-1120.127 USN-7930-2
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-preview 22.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux 5.4.0-224.244 USN-7922-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-aws 5.4.0-1153.163 USN-7922-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-aws-5.15 5.15.0-1097.104~20.04.1 USN-7909-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-azure 5.4.0-1156.163 USN-7939-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-azure-5.15 5.15.0-1102.111~20.04.1 USN-7938-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.4.0-1112.119 —
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.4.0-1156.165 USN-7922-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.15 5.15.0-1097.106~20.04.1 USN-7909-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.15 +1 5.15.0-163.173~20.04.1 USN-7909-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-ibm 5.4.0-1099.104 USN-7922-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-ibm-5.15 5.15.0-1091.94~20.04.1 USN-7909-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg-5.15 5.15.0-1092.98~20.04.1 USN-7909-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-iot 5.4.0-1057.60 USN-7922-5
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-kvm 5.4.0-1140.149 USN-7922-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 5.15.0-1049.49~20.04.1 USN-7909-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.4.0-1151.161 USN-7922-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.15 5.15.0-1094.100~20.04.1 USN-7909-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-raspi 5.4.0-1136.149 USN-7922-4
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-riscv-5.15 5.15.0-1092.96~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-xilinx-zynqmp 5.4.0-1071.75 USN-7922-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux 4.15.0-245.257 USN-7907-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-aws 4.15.0-1187.200 USN-7907-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-aws-5.4 5.4.0-1153.163~18.04.1 USN-7922-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-azure-4.15 4.15.0-1195.210 USN-7907-5
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-azure-5.4 5.4.0-1156.163~18.04.1 USN-7939-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-gcp-4.15 4.15.0-1180.197 USN-7907-3
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.4 5.4.0-1156.165~18.04.1 USN-7922-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.4 5.4.0-224.244~18.04.1 USN-7922-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-ibm-5.4 5.4.0-1099.104~18.04.1 USN-7922-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-kvm 4.15.0-1169.174 USN-7907-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-oracle 4.15.0-1149.160 USN-7907-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.4 5.4.0-1151.161~18.04.1 USN-7922-3
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-raspi-5.4 5.4.0-1136.149~18.04.1 USN-7922-4
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux 4.4.0-276.310 USN-7930-1
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-aws 4.4.0-1188.203 USN-7930-1
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-aws-hwe 4.15.0-1187.200~16.04.1 USN-7907-1
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-azure 4.15.0-1195.210~16.04.1 USN-7907-5
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-gcp 4.15.0-1180.197~16.04.1 USN-7907-3
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-hwe 4.15.0-245.257~16.04.1 USN-7907-3
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-kvm 4.4.0-1151.162 USN-7930-1
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-oracle 4.15.0-1149.160~16.04.1 USN-7907-5
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS linux No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS linux-aws 4.4.0-1150.156 USN-7930-1
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS linux-azure 4.15.0-1195.210~14.04.1 USN-7907-5
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS linux-lts-xenial 4.4.0-276.310~14.04.1 USN-7930-1

Azure Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Azure Linux 3 kernel 6.6.104.2-1 —
Azure Linux 2 (CBL-Mariner) kernel 5.15.200.1-1 —

Oracle Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Oracle Linux 7 kernel-uek +6 5.4.17-2136.348.3.el8uek ELSA-2025-20663
Oracle Linux 7 kernel-uek-tools 5.4.17-2136.348.3.el7uek ELSA-2025-20663

Advisories 42

References