Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

io_uring/net: always initialize kmsg->msg.msg_inq upfront

syzbot reports that ->msg_inq may get used uinitialized from the
following path:

BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in io_recv_buf_select io_uring/net.c:1094 [inline]
BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in io_recv+0x930/0x1f90 io_uring/net.c:1158
io_recv_buf_select io_uring/net.c:1094 [inline]
io_recv+0x930/0x1f90 io_uring/net.c:1158
io_issue_sqe+0x420/0x2130 io_uring/io_uring.c:1740
io_queue_sqe io_uring/io_uring.c:1950 [inline]
io_req_task_submit+0xfa/0x1d0 io_uring/io_uring.c:1374
io_handle_tw_list+0x55f/0x5c0 io_uring/io_uring.c:1057
tctx_task_work_run+0x109/0x3e0 io_uring/io_uring.c:1121
tctx_task_work+0x6d/0xc0 io_uring/io_uring.c:1139
task_work_run+0x268/0x310 kernel/task_work.c:239
io_run_task_work+0x43a/0x4a0 io_uring/io_uring.h:343
io_cqring_wait io_uring/io_uring.c:2527 [inline]
__do_sys_io_uring_enter io_uring/io_uring.c:3439 [inline]
__se_sys_io_uring_enter+0x204f/0x4ce0 io_uring/io_uring.c:3330
__x64_sys_io_uring_enter+0x11f/0x1a0 io_uring/io_uring.c:3330
x64_sys_call+0xce5/0x3c30 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:427
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0xcd/0x1e0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

and it is correct, as it's never initialized upfront. Hence the first
submission can end up using it uninitialized, if the recv wasn't
successful and the networking st...

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2025-21630

Affected Products

Vendor: Linux

Product: Linux

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.04% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 11.5% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-02-13 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/127c280067167beb88461cd930f7c7a4bb3c7239
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c6e60a0a68b7e6b3c7e33863a16e8e88ba9eee6f

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