VDB-315768 · CVE-2025-38245 · EUVD-2025-20816

Linux Kernel up to 6.16-rc3 atm_dev_deregister information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Linux Kernel up to 6.1.142/6.6.95/6.12.35/6.15.4/6.16-rc3. This affects the function atm_dev_deregister. The manipulation results in information disclosure. This vulnerability was named CVE-2025-38245. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.1.142/6.6.95/6.12.35/6.15.4/6.16-rc3. Affected is the function atm_dev_deregister. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: atm: Release atm_dev_mutex after removing procfs in atm_dev_deregister(). syzbot reported a warning below during atm_dev_register(). [0] Before creating a new device and procfs/sysfs for it, atm_dev_register() looks up a duplicated device by __atm_dev_lookup(). These operations are done under atm_dev_mutex. However, when removing a device in atm_dev_deregister(), it releases the mutex just after removing the device from the list that __atm_dev_lookup() iterates over. So, there will be a small race window where the device does not exist on the device list but procfs/sysfs are still not removed, triggering the splat. Let's hold the mutex until procfs/sysfs are removed in atm_dev_deregister(). [0]: proc_dir_entry 'atm/atmtcp:0' already registered WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 5919 at fs/proc/generic.c:377 proc_register+0x455/0x5f0 fs/proc/generic.c:377 Modules linked in: CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5919 Comm: syz-executor284 Not tainted 6.16.0-rc2-syzkaller-00047-g52da431bf03b #0 PREEMPT(full) Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 05/07/2025 RIP: 0010:proc_register+0x455/0x5f0 fs/proc/generic.c:377 Code: 48 89 f9 48 c1 e9 03 80 3c 01 00 0f 85 a2 01 00 00 48 8b 44 24 10 48 c7 c7 20 c0 c2 8b 48 8b b0 d8 00 00 00 e8 0c 02 1c ff 90 <0f> 0b 90 90 48 c7 c7 80 f2 82 8e e8 0b de 23 09 48 8b 4c 24 28 48 RSP: 0018:ffffc9000466fa30 EFLAGS: 00010282 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffffffff817ae248 RDX: ffff888026280000 RSI: ffffffff817ae255 RDI: 0000000000000001 RBP: ffff8880232bed48 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: ffff888076ed2140 R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: ffff888078a61340 R15: ffffed100edda444 FS: 00007f38b3b0c6c0(0000) GS:ffff888124753000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00007f38b3bdf953 CR3: 0000000076d58000 CR4: 00000000003526f0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Call Trace: <TASK> proc_create_data+0xbe/0x110 fs/proc/generic.c:585 atm_proc_dev_register+0x112/0x1e0 net/atm/proc.c:361 atm_dev_register+0x46d/0x890 net/atm/resources.c:113 atmtcp_create+0x77/0x210 drivers/atm/atmtcp.c:369 atmtcp_attach drivers/atm/atmtcp.c:403 [inline] atmtcp_ioctl+0x2f9/0xd60 drivers/atm/atmtcp.c:464 do_vcc_ioctl+0x12c/0x930 net/atm/ioctl.c:159 sock_do_ioctl+0x115/0x280 net/socket.c:1190 sock_ioctl+0x227/0x6b0 net/socket.c:1311 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline] __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:907 [inline] __se_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:893 [inline] __x64_sys_ioctl+0x18b/0x210 fs/ioctl.c:893 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xcd/0x4c0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f RIP: 0033:0x7f38b3b74459 Code: 28 00 00 00 75 05 48 83 c4 28 c3 e8 51 18 00 00 90 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 b0 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48 RSP: 002b:00007f38b3b0c198 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010 RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f38b3bfe318 RCX: 00007f38b3b74459 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000006180 RDI: 0000000000000005 RBP: 00007f38b3bfe310 R08: 65732f636f72702f R09: 65732f636f72702f R10: 65732f636f72702f R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00007f38b3bcb0ac R13: 00007f38b3b0c1a0 R14: 0000200000000200 R15: 00007f38b3bcb03b </TASK>

The advisory is shared for download at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-38245 since 04/16/2025. The exploitability is told to be difficult. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 264665 (SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2025:03204-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 6.1.143, 6.6.96, 6.12.36, 6.15.5 or 6.16-rc4 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch b2e40fcfe1575faaa548f87614006d3fe44c779e/cabed6ba92a9a8c09da02a3f20e32ecd80989896/ae539d963a17443ec54cba8a767e4ffa318264f4/6922f1a048c090f10704bbef4a3a1e81932d2e0a/a433791aeaea6e84df709e0b9584b9bbe040cd1c is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.kernel.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (264665), EUVD (EUVD-2025-20816) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-1517). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

Affected

Debian Linux
Google Cloud Platform
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Ubuntu Linux
SUSE Linux
Oracle Linux
IBM QRadar SIEM
SUSE openSUSE
NetApp ActiveIQ Unified Manager
Dell Avamar
Open Source Linux Kernel
Dell NetWorker
Dell Secure Connect Gateway

Productinfo

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Operating System

Vendor

Linux

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Kernel

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License

open-source

Website

Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Local: Yes
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