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CVE-2025-40028

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: binder: fix double-free in dbitmap A process might fail to allocate a new bitmap when trying to expand its proc->dmap. In that case, dbitmap_grow() fails and frees the old bitmap via dbitmap_free(). However, the driver calls dbitmap_free() again when the same process terminates, leading to a double-free error: ================================================================== BUG: KASAN: double-free in binder_proc_dec_tmpref+0x2e0/0x55c Free of addr ffff00000b7c1420 by task kworker/9:1/209 CPU: 9 UID: 0 PID: 209 Comm: kworker/9:1 Not tainted 6.17.0-rc6-dirty #5 PREEMPT Hardware name: linux,dummy-virt (DT) Workqueue: events binder_deferred_func Call trace: kfree+0x164/0x31c binder_proc_dec_tmpref+0x2e0/0x55c binder_deferred_func+0xc24/0x1120 process_one_work+0x520/0xba4 [...] Allocated by task 448: __kmalloc_noprof+0x178/0x3c0 bitmap_zalloc+0x24/0x30 binder_open+0x14c/0xc10 [...] Freed by task 449: kfree+0x184/0x31c binder_inc_ref_for_node+0xb44/0xe44 binder_transaction+0x29b4/0x7fbc binder_thread_write+0x1708/0x442c binder_ioctl+0x1b50/0x2900 [...] ================================================================== Fix this issue by marking proc->map NULL in dbitmap_free().

How to fix

Remediation Available
linuxDebian
Fixed in:6.12.57-1CVE-2025-40028
Fixed in:6.17.6-1CVE-2025-40028
linuxUbuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-7.7USN-7906-1
linux-awsUbuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-1004.4USN-7906-1
linux-gcpUbuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-1004.4USN-7906-2
linux-image-6.17.0-1003-realtimeUbuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-1003.4USN-7906-1
linux-image-6.17.0-1004-awsUbuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-1004.4USN-7906-1
linux-image-6.17.0-1004-aws-64kUbuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-1004.4USN-7906-1
linux-image-6.17.0-1004-gcpUbuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-1004.4USN-7906-2
linux-image-6.17.0-1004-gcp-64kUbuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-1004.4USN-7906-2
linux-image-6.17.0-1005-raspiUbuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-1005.5USN-7906-3
linux-image-6.17.0-7-genericUbuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-7.7USN-7906-1
linux-image-6.17.0-7-generic-64kUbuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-7.7USN-7906-1
linux-image-awsUbuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-1004.4USN-7906-1
linux-image-aws-6.17Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-1004.4USN-7906-1
linux-image-aws-64kUbuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-1004.4USN-7906-1
linux-image-aws-64k-6.17Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-1004.4USN-7906-1
linux-image-gcpUbuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-1004.4USN-7906-2
linux-image-gcp-6.17Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-1004.4USN-7906-2
linux-image-gcp-64kUbuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-1004.4USN-7906-2
linux-image-gcp-64k-6.17Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-1004.4USN-7906-2
linux-image-genericUbuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-7.7USN-7906-1
linux-image-generic-6.17Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-7.7USN-7906-1
linux-image-generic-64kUbuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-7.7USN-7906-1
linux-image-generic-64k-6.17Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-7.7USN-7906-1
linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-24.04Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-7.7USN-7906-1
linux-image-generic-hwe-24.04Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-7.7USN-7906-1
linux-image-oem-24.04Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-7.7USN-7906-1
linux-image-oem-24.04cUbuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-7.7USN-7906-1
linux-image-raspiUbuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-1005.5USN-7906-3
linux-image-raspi-6.17Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-1005.5USN-7906-3
linux-image-realtimeUbuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-1003.4USN-7906-1
linux-image-realtime-6.17Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-1003.4USN-7906-1
linux-image-realtime-hwe-24.04Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-1003.4USN-7906-1
linux-image-virtualUbuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-7.7USN-7906-1
linux-image-virtual-6.17Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-7.7USN-7906-1
linux-image-virtual-hwe-24.04Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-7.7USN-7906-1
linux-raspiUbuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-1005.5USN-7906-3
linux-realtimeUbuntu
Fixed in:6.17.0-1003.4USN-7906-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3.1 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

0.18%probability of exploitation in 30 days
8thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 8% of all known CVEs.

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