kernel: Linux kernel: Use-after-free in proc_readdir_de() can lead to privilege escalation or denial of service.

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. This use-after-free UAF vulnerability occurs in the procreaddirde function within the /proc filesystem. A local attacker with low privileges can exploit this by concurrently traversing specific directories while network devices are unregistered. This can lead...

kernel: Linux kernel: Use-after-free in proc_readdir_de() can lead to privilege escalation or denial of service.

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. This use-after-free UAF vulnerability occurs in the procreaddirde function within the /proc filesystem. A local attacker with low privileges can exploit this by concurrently traversing specific directories while network devices are unregistered. This can lead...

Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update

5.4.17-2136.351.3.1 - fs/proc: fix uaf in procreaddirde Wei Yang Orabug: 38787139 CVE-2025-40271 5.4.17-2136.351.3 - Reapply 'cpuidle: menu: Avoid discarding useful information' Harshvardhan Jha Orabug: 38715366 - fbcon: fix integer overflow in font allocation Samasth Norway Ananda Orabug: 387025...

CVE-2025-40271 fs/proc: fix uaf in proc_readdir_de()

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/proc: fix uaf in procreaddirde Pde is erased from subdir rbtree through rberase, but not set the node to EMPTY, which may result in uaf access. We should use RBCLEARNODE set the erased node to EMPTY, then pdesubdirnext will...

Linux kernel 安全漏洞

Linux kernel is the kernel used by Linux, the open source operating system of the Linux Foundation in the United States. A security vulnerability exists in the Linux kernel that stems from fs proc not properly cleaning up nodes in procreaddirde, which could lead to reuse after release...