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CVE-2025-21840

Estado: AnalizadaMedia (5.5)—

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

thermal/netlink: Prevent userspace segmentation fault by adjusting UAPI header

The intel-lpmd tool [1], which uses the THERMAL_GENL_ATTR_CPU_CAPABILITY attribute to receive HFI events from kernel space, encounters a segmentation fault after commit 1773572863c4 ("thermal: netlink: Add the commands and the events for the thresholds").

The issue arises because the THERMAL_GENL_ATTR_CPU_CAPABILITY raw value was changed while intel_lpmd still uses the old value.

Although intel_lpmd can be updated to check the THERMAL_GENL_VERSION and use the appropriate THERMAL_GENL_ATTR_CPU_CAPABILITY value, the commit itself is questionable.

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The commit introduced a new element in the middle of enum thermal_genl_attr, which affects many existing attributes and introduces potential risks and unnecessary maintenance burdens for userspace thermal netlink event users.

Solve the issue by moving the newly introduced THERMAL_GENL_ATTR_TZ_PREV_TEMP attribute to the end of the enum thermal_genl_attr. This ensures that all existing thermal generic netlink attributes remain unaffected.

[ rjw: Subject edits ]

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Linux — Linux Kernel

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      "value": "En el kernel de Linux, se ha resuelto la siguiente vulnerabilidad: thermal/netlink: Prevenir un error de segmentación del espacio de usuario ajustando el encabezado UAPI La herramienta intel-lpmd [1], que utiliza el atributo THERMAL_GENL_ATTR_CPU_CAPABILITY para recibir eventos HFI desde el espacio del kernel, encuentra un error de segmentación después de el commit 1773572863c4 (\"thermal: netlink: Agregar los comandos y los eventos para los umbrales\"). El problema surge porque se cambió el valor sin procesar de THERMAL_GENL_ATTR_CPU_CAPABILITY mientras que intel_lpmd todavía usa el valor anterior. Aunque intel_lpmd se puede actualizar para verificar THERMAL_GENL_VERSION y usar el valor THERMAL_GENL_ATTR_CPU_CAPABILITY apropiado, el commit en sí es cuestionable. El commit introdujo un nuevo elemento en el medio de la enumeración thermal_genl_attr, que afecta a muchos atributos existentes e introduce riesgos potenciales y cargas de mantenimiento innecesarias para los usuarios del evento de enlace de red térmico del espacio de usuario. Resuelva el problema moviendo el atributo THERMAL_GENL_ATTR_TZ_PREV_TEMP recientemente introducido al final de la enumeración thermal_genl_attr. Esto garantiza que todos los atributos de enlace de red genéricos térmicos existentes permanezcan inalterados. [ rjw: Ediciones del sujeto ]"
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