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CVE-2025-23138

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CVE-2025-23138

Published: Apr 16, 2025

Modified: May 23, 2026

PUBLISHED

Description

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()?)

VendorProductVersions

Linux

Linux

affected
162ae0e78bdabf84ef10c1293c4ed7865cb7d3c8 - < 8658c75343ed00e5e154ebbe24335f51ba8db547
affected
3efbd114b91525bb095b8ae046382197d92126b9 - < 471c89b7d4f58bd6082f7c1fe14d4ca15c7f1284
affected
b87a1229d8668fbc78ebd9ca0fc797a76001c60f - < d40e3537265dea9e3c33021874437ff26dc18787
affected
68e51bdb1194f11d3452525b99c98aff6f837b24 - < 6dafa27764183738dc5368b669b71e3d0d154f12
affected
e95aada4cb93d42e25c30a0ef9eb2923d9711d4a - < 56ec918e6c86c1536870e4373e91eddd0c44245f

+9 more versions

Linux

Linux

affected
6.8
unaffected
0 - < 6.8
unaffected
5.10.236 - <= 5.10.*
unaffected
5.15.180 - <= 5.15.*
unaffected
6.1.134 - <= 6.1.*

+5 more versions

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