Improper locking in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-22029
Published: April 22, 2025 / Updated: May 10, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU107748
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-22029
CWE-ID: CWE-667
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improper locking within the begin_new_exec(), free_bprm(), check_unsafe_exec(), bprm_execve() and sched_mm_cid_after_execve() functions in fs/exec.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2025-22029
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/753a620a7f8e134b444f89fe90873234e894e21a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a6b5070721503fb6021ebed51c925ffc66b1c5ab
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af7bb0d2ca459f15cb5ca604dab5d9af103643f0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b519f2e5800fe2391b7545ba6889df795828e885
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e2d8e7bd3314485e0b3b08380c659b3d1d67ed6a
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.12.23