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Vulnerability Change Records for CVE-2025-21919

Change History

New CVE Received from kernel.org 4/01/2025 12:15:22 PM

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Added Description

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

sched/fair: Fix potential memory corruption in child_cfs_rq_on_list

child_cfs_rq_on_list attempts to convert a 'prev' pointer to a cfs_rq.
This 'prev' pointer can originate from struct rq's leaf_cfs_rq_list,
making the conversion invalid and potentially leading to memory
corruption. Depending on the relative positions of leaf_cfs_rq_list and
the task group (tg) pointer within the struct, this can cause a memory
fault or access garbage data.

The issue arises in list_add_leaf_cfs_rq, where both
cfs_rq->leaf_cfs_rq_list and rq->leaf_cfs_rq_list are added to the same
leaf list. Also, rq->tmp_alone_branch can be set to rq->leaf_cfs_rq_list.

This adds a check `if (prev == &rq->leaf_cfs_rq_list)` after the main
conditional in child_cfs_rq_on_list. This ensures that the container_of
operation will convert a correct cfs_rq struct.

This check is sufficient because only cfs_rqs on the same CPU are added
to the list, so verifying the 'prev' pointer against the current rq's list
head is enough.

Fixes a potential memory corruption issue that due to current struct
layout might not be manifesting as a crash but could lead to unpredictable
behavior when the layout changes.
Added Reference

								
							
							
						
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/000c9ee43928f2ce68a156dd40bab7616256f4dd
Added Reference

								
							
							
						
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3b4035ddbfc8e4521f85569998a7569668cccf51
Added Reference

								
							
							
						
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5cb300dcdd27e6a351ac02541e0231261c775852
Added Reference

								
							
							
						
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9cc7f0018609f75a349e42e3aebc3b0e905ba775
Added Reference

								
							
							
						
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b5741e4b9ef3567613b2351384f91d3f16e59986
Added Reference

								
							
							
						
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e1dd09df30ba86716cb2ffab97dc35195c01eb8f