CVE-2025-68257
Vulnerability Summary
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Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: comedi: check device's attached status in compat ioctls Syzbot identified an issue [1] that crashes kernel, seemingly due to unexistent callback dev->get_valid_routes(). By all means, this should not occur as said callback must always be set to get_zero_valid_routes() in __comedi_device_postconfig(). As the crash seems to appear exclusively in i386 kernels, at least, judging from [1] reports, the blame lies with compat versions of standard IOCTL handlers. Several of them are modified and do not use comedi_unlocked_ioctl(). While functionality of these ioctls essentially copy their original versions, they do not have required sanity check for device's attached status. This, in turn, leads to a possibility of calling select IOCTLs on a device that has not been properly setup, even via COMEDI_DEVCONFIG. Doing so on unconfigured devices means that several crucial steps are missed, for instance, specifying dev->get_valid_routes() callback. Fix this somewhat crudely by ensuring device's attached status before performing any ioctls, improving logic consistency between modern and compat functions. [1] Syzbot report: BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000 ... CR2: ffffffffffffffd6 CR3: 000000006c717000 CR4: 0000000000352ef0 Call Trace: <TASK> get_valid_routes drivers/comedi/comedi_fops.c:1322 [inline] parse_insn+0x78c/0x1970 drivers/comedi/comedi_fops.c:1401 do_insnlist_ioctl+0x272/0x700 drivers/comedi/comedi_fops.c:1594 compat_insnlist drivers/comedi/comedi_fops.c:3208 [inline] comedi_compat_ioctl+0x810/0x990 drivers/comedi/comedi_fops.c:3273 __do_compat_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:695 [inline] __se_compat_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:638 [inline] __ia32_compat_sys_ioctl+0x242/0x370 fs/ioctl.c:638 do_syscall_32_irqs_on arch/x86/entry/syscall_32.c:83 [inline] ...
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Current EPSS score: 0.20%• Percentile: 10%
Affected Systems
- debian•linux
< 5.10.249-1 | < 6.1.162-1 | < 6.12.63-1 | < 6.17.12-1
- debian•linux-6.1
< 6.1.162-1~deb11u1
- ubuntu•linux
< 5.15.0-173.183 | < 6.8.0-110.110 | < 6.17.0-19.19
- ubuntu•linux-allwinner-5.19
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws
< 5.15.0-1103.110 | < 6.8.0-1052.55 | < 6.17.0-1009.9
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.0
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.11
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.13
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.15
< 5.15.0-1103.110~20.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.19
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.3
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.8
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-6.14
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-6.17
< 6.17.0-1009.9~24.04.2
- ubuntu•linux-aws-6.2
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-6.5
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-6.8
< 6.8.0-1052.55~22.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-aws-fips
all | < 5.15.0-1103.110+fips1 | < 6.8.0-1052.55+fips1
- ubuntu•linux-azure
all | < 5.15.0-1109.118 | < 6.8.0-1054.60 | < 6.17.0-1010.10
- ubuntu•linux-azure-5.11
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-5.13
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-5.15
< 5.15.0-1110.119~20.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-azure-5.19
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-5.3
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-5.8
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-6.11
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-6.14
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-6.17
< 6.17.0-1010.10~24.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-azure-6.2
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-6.5
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-6.8
< 6.8.0-1059.65~22.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-azure-edge
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fde
all | all | all | all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fde-5.19
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fde-6.14
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fde-6.2
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fde-6.8
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fips
all | < 5.15.0-1109.118+fips1 | < 6.8.0-1053.59+fips1
- ubuntu•linux-azure-nvidia
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-nvidia-6.14
all
- ubuntu•linux-bluefield
all | < 5.15.0-1086.88 | < 6.8.0-1017.21
- ubuntu•linux-fips
all | < 5.15.0-173.183+fips1 | < 6.8.0-110.110+fips2
- ubuntu•linux-gcp
all | < 5.15.0-1103.112 | < 6.8.0-1054.57 | < 6.17.0-1009.9
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.11
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.13
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.15
< 5.15.0-1103.112~20.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.19
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.3
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.8
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-6.11
all
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References (42)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4836ba483a22ebd076c8faaf8293a7295fad4142
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7141915bf0c41cb57d83cdbaf695b8c731b16b71
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f13895c03620933a58907e3250016f087e39b78c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b975f91de5f8f63cf490f0393775cc795f8b0557
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f6e629dfe6f590091c662a87c9fcf118b1c1c7dc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/573b07d2e3d473ee7eb625ef87519922cf01168d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aac80e912de306815297a3b74f0426873ffa7dc3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0de7d9cd07a2671fa6089173bccc0b2afe6b93ee
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-68257
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-68257
- https://git.kernel.org/linus/0de7d9cd07a2671fa6089173bccc0b2afe6b93ee
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8094-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8096-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8096-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8094-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8096-3
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8096-4
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8116-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8096-5
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8094-3
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8094-4
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8094-5
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8141-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8152-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8163-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8163-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8179-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8184-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8179-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8185-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8179-3
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8203-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8204-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8185-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8179-4
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8243-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8258-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8260-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8261-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8265-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8440-1
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-68257