audit: fix out-of-bounds read in audit_compare_dname_path() (Linux Linux)

CVE-2025-39840
HIGH 7.1

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.15 % · percentile 4 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
Linux
NVD status
Modified

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: audit: fix out-of-bounds read in audit_compare_dname_path() When a watch on dir=/ is combined with an fsnotify event for a single-character name directly under / (e.g., creating /a), an out-of-bounds read can occur in audit_compare_dname_path(). The helper parent_len() returns 1 for "/". In audit_compare_dname_path(), when parentlen equals the full path length (1), the code sets p = path + 1 and pathlen = 1 - 1 = 0. The subsequent loop then dereferences p[pathlen - 1] (i.e., p[-1]), causing an out-of-bounds read. Fix this by adding a pathlen > 0 check to the while loop condition to prevent the out-of-bounds access. [PM: subject tweak, sign-off email fixes]

Weaknesses (CWE)

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:HLinux
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:HCISA-ADP
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:HNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:HNVD · 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (Secondary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
Linux · Linuxaffected e92eebb0d6116f942ab25dfb1a41905aa59472a8 < 9735a9dcc307427e7d6336c54171682f1bac9789 ; affected e92eebb0d6116f942ab25dfb1a41905aa59472a8 < 4540f1d23e7f387880ce46d11b5cd3f27248bf8d
Linux · Linuxaffected 6.14 ; unaffected 0 < 6.14 ; unaffected 6.16.6 ≤ 6.16.* ; unaffected 6.17 ≤ *

Sources

SourceLicence
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EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD