CVE-2025-38131

Summary

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

coresight: prevent deactivate active config while enabling the config

While enable active config via cscfg_csdev_enable_active_config(), active config could be deactivated via configfs' sysfs interface. This could make UAF issue in below scenario:

CPU0 CPU1 (sysfs enable) load module cscfg_load_config_sets() activate config. // sysfs (sys_active_cnt == 1) … cscfg_csdev_enable_active_config() lock(csdev->cscfg_csdev_lock) // here load config activate by CPU1 unlock(csdev->cscfg_csdev_lock)

                                          deactivate config // sysfs
                                          (sys_activec_cnt == 0)
                                          cscfg_unload_config_sets()
                                          unload module

// access to config_desc which freed // while unloading module. cscfg_csdev_enable_config

To address this, use cscfg_config_desc's active_cnt as a reference count which will be holded when - activate the config. - enable the activated config. and put the module reference when config_active_cnt == 0.

Affected Software

Weaknesses

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dfe8224c9c7a43d356eb9f74b06868aa05f90223
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b3b4efa2e623aecaebd7c9b9e4171f5c659e9724
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/31028812724cef7bd57a51525ce58a32a6d73b22
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed42ee1ed05ff2f4c36938379057413a40c56680
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/408c97c4a5e0b634dcd15bf8b8808b382e888164

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