Vulnerability Details : CVE-2025-23138
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
watch_queue: fix pipe accounting mismatch
Currently, watch_queue_set_size() modifies the pipe buffers charged to
user->pipe_bufs without updating the pipe->nr_accounted on the pipe
itself, due to the if (!pipe_has_watch_queue()) test in
pipe_resize_ring(). This means that when the pipe is ultimately freed,
we decrement user->pipe_bufs by something other than what than we had
charged to it, potentially leading to an underflow. This in turn can
cause subsequent too_many_pipe_buffers_soft() tests to fail with -EPERM.
To remedy this, explicitly account for the pipe usage in
watch_queue_set_size() to match the number set via account_pipe_buffers()
(It's unclear why watch_queue_set_size() does not update nr_accounted;
it may be due to intentional overprovisioning in watch_queue_set_size()?)
Products affected by CVE-2025-23138
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-23138
0.05%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 16 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
References for CVE-2025-23138
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/56ec918e6c86c1536870e4373e91eddd0c44245f
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d40e3537265dea9e3c33021874437ff26dc18787
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f13abc1e8e1a3b7455511c4e122750127f6bc9b0
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/205028ebba838938d3b264dda1d0708fa7fe1ade
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d680b988656bb556c863d8b46d9b9096842bf3d
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6dafa27764183738dc5368b669b71e3d0d154f12
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/471c89b7d4f58bd6082f7c1fe14d4ca15c7f1284
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8658c75343ed00e5e154ebbe24335f51ba8db547
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