axboe fio up to 3.41 init.c __parse_jobs_ini use after free

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A vulnerability has been found in axboe fio up to 3.41 and classified as critical. Affected is the function __parse_jobs_ini of the file init.c. The manipulation leads to use after free. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2025-10824. The attack needs to be performed locally. Additionally, an exploit exists.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in axboe fio up to 3.41. This issue affects the function __parse_jobs_ini of the file init.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a use after free vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-416. Referencing memory after it has been freed can cause a program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The advisory is shared at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-10824. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known.

The exploit is available at github.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 266033 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-10824), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at CNNVD (CNNVD-202509-3771), Tenable (266033) and EUVD (EUVD-2025-30437). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Vendor

• axboe

Name

• fio

Version

• 3.0
• 3.1
• 3.2
• 3.3
• 3.4
• 3.5
• 3.6
• 3.7
• 3.8
• 3.9
• 3.10
• 3.11
• 3.12
• 3.13
• 3.14
• 3.15
• 3.16
• 3.17
• 3.18
• 3.19
• 3.20
• 3.21
• 3.22
• 3.23
• 3.24
• 3.25
• 3.26
• 3.27
• 3.28
• 3.29
• 3.30
• 3.31
• 3.32
• 3.33
• 3.34
• 3.35
• 3.36
• 3.37
• 3.38
• 3.39
• 3.40
• 3.41

Website

• Product: https://github.com/axboe/fio/

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Accepted

• Submit #654072: Jens Axboe Fio 3.41 / master commit 84787ad Use After Free (by ahuo)

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