CVE-2025-39870
Estado: AnalizadaAlta (7.8)—
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
dmaengine: idxd: Fix double free in idxd_setup_wqs()
The clean up in idxd_setup_wqs() has had a couple bugs because the error handling is a bit subtle. It's simpler to just re-write it in a cleaner way. The issues here are:
It's better to free partial loop iterations within the loop and then the unwinding at the end can handle whole loop iterations. I also renamed the labels to describe what the goto does and not where the goto was located.
Detalles técnicos trazas, registros y código del informe original
1) If "idxd->max_wqs" is <= 0 then we call put_device(conf_dev) when "conf_dev" hasn't been initialized. 2) If kzalloc_node() fails then again "conf_dev" is invalid. It's either uninitialized or it points to the "conf_dev" from the previous iteration so it leads to a double free.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Puntuación base: 7.8
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.15%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 4
- Fecha de la puntuación: 5/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
🎯 Técnicas ATT&CK
Cómo se explota esta vulnerabilidad y qué consigue el atacante, en el lenguaje de MITRE ATT&CK.
- Explotación
T1068Exploitation for Privilege Escalationprivilege escalation85 % - Impacto principal
T1059Command and Scripting Interpreterexecution75 %
Vulnerabilidad de doble liberación (CWE-415) en kernel Linux con AV:L/PR:L. Permite escalada local (T1068) ejecutando código del kernel (T1059) al forzar condiciones de error en manejo de dispositivos DMA.
Inferido por nuestro agente de análisis a partir de la descripción oficial, el vector CVSS y la CWE, y comprobado por un supervisor. Puede contener errores.
🛡️ Mitigaciones ATT&CK que cubren estas técnicas
Tecnologías afectadas (2)
CWE
- CWE-415
Referencias
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/25e6146c2812487a88f619d5ff6efbdcd5b2bc31
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/39aaa337449e71a41d4813be0226a722827ba606
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f0e225635475b2285b966271d5e82cba74295b1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/df82c7901513fd0fc738052a8e6a330d92cc8ec9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec5430d090d0b6ace8fefa290fc37e88930017d2
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html
JSON original (NVD)
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