CVEvulnerability
CVE-2025-71102
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2026-01-14
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
scs: fix a wrong parameter in __scs_magic
__scs_magic() needs a 'void *' variable, but a 'struct task_struct *' is
given. 'task_scs(tsk)' is the starting address of the task's shadow call
stack, and '__scs_magic(task_scs(tsk))' is the end address of the task's
shadow call stack. Here should be '__scs_magic(task_scs(tsk))'.
The user-visible effect of this bug is that when CONFIG_DEBUG_STACK_USAGE
is enabled, the shadow call stack usage checking function
(scs_check_usage) would scan an incorrect memory range. This could lead
1. **Inaccurate stack usage reporting**: The function would calculate
wrong usage statistics for the shadow call stack, potentially showing
incorrect value in kmsg.
2. **Potential kernel crash**: If the value of __scs_magic(tsk)is
greater than that of __scs_magic(task_scs(tsk)), the for loop may
access unmapped memory, potentially causing a kernel panic. However,
this scenario is unlikely because task_struct is allocated via the slab
allocator (which typically returns lower addresses), while the shadow
call stack returned by task_scs(tsk) is allocated via vmalloc(which
typically returns higher addresses).
However, since this is purely a debugging feature
(CONFIG_DEBUG_STACK_USAGE), normal production systems should be not
unaffected. The bug only impacts developers and testers who are actively
debugging stack usage with this configuration enabled.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (>= 5.8.1 < 5.10.248)
• linux linux kernel (>= 5.11 < 5.15.198)
• linux linux kernel (>= 5.16 < 6.1.160)
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.2 < 6.6.120)
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.7 < 6.12.64)
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.13 < 6.18.3)
• linux linux kernel 5.8
• linux linux kernel 6.19
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/062774439d442882b44f5eab8c256ad3423ef284 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/08bd4c46d5e63b78e77f2605283874bbe868ab19 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1727e8bd69103a68963a5613a0ddb6d8d37df5d3 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/57ba40b001be27786d0570dd292289df748b306b Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9ef28943471a16e4f9646bc3e8e2de148e7d8d7b Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a19fb3611e4c06624fc0f83ef19f4fb8d57d4751 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cfdf6250b63b953b1d8e60814c8ca96c6f9d1c8c Patch