Import Source
https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-59043.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/AZL-59043
Upstream
Published
2025-02-27T02:15:16Z
Modified
2026-04-21T04:37:11Z
Summary
CVE-2025-21731 affecting package kernel for versions less than 5.15.180.1-1
Details

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

nbd: don't allow reconnect after disconnect

Following process can cause nbd_config UAF:

  1. grab nbd_config temporarily;

  2. nbd_genl_disconnect() flush all recv_work() and release the initial reference:

nbd_genl_disconnect nbd_disconnect_and_put nbd_disconnect flush_workqueue(nbd->recv_workq) if (test_and_clear_bit(NBD_RT_HAS_CONFIG_REF, ...)) nbd_config_put -> due to step 1), reference is still not zero

  1. nbd_genl_reconfigure() queue recv_work() again;

nbd_genl_reconfigure config = nbd_get_config_unlocked(nbd) if (!config) -> succeed if (!test_bit(NBD_RT_BOUND, ...)) -> succeed nbd_reconnect_socket queue_work(nbd->recv_workq, &args->work)

  1. step 1) release the reference;

  2. Finially, recv_work() will trigger UAF:

recv_work nbd_config_put(nbd) -> nbd_config is freed atomic_dec(&config->recv_threads) -> UAF

Fix the problem by clearing NBD_RT_BOUND in nbd_genl_disconnect(), so that nbd_genl_reconfigure() will fail.

References

Affected packages

Azure Linux:2 / kernel

Package

Name
kernel
Purl
pkg:rpm/azure-linux/kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.15.180.1-1

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-59043.json"