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CVE-2025-37949: xenbus: Use kref to track req lifetime

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xenbus: Use kref to track req lifetime Marek reported seeing a NULL pointer fault in the xenbus_thread callstack: BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000 RIP: e030:__wake_up_common+0x4c/0x180 Call Trace: <TASK> __wake_up_common_lock+0x82/0xd0 process_msg+0x18e/0x2f0 xenbus_thread+0x165/0x1c0 process_msg+0x18e is req->cb(req). req->cb is set to xs_wake_up(), a thin wrapper around wake_up(), or xenbus_dev_queue_reply(). It seems like it was xs_wake_up() in this case. It seems like req may have woken up the xs_wait_for_reply(), which kfree()ed the req. When xenbus_thread resumes, it faults on the zero-ed data. Linux Device Drivers 2nd edition states: "Normally, a wake_up call can cause an immediate reschedule to happen, meaning that other processes might run before wake_up returns." ... which would match the behaviour observed. Change to keeping two krefs on each request. One for the caller, and one for xenbus_thread. Each will kref_put() when finished, and the last will free it. This use of kref matches the description in Documentation/core-api/kref.rst

HighCVSS 7.8Not KEV-listedUpdated
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Severity
High
CVSS
7.8 (3.1)
Known Exploited
No
Published

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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ScoreVersionSeverityVectorExploitImpactSource
7.8CVSS 3.1HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H1.85.9Linux

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7.8High
CVSS 3.1 vector shape for CVE-2025-37949Attack VectorAttack ComplexityPrivileges RequiredUser InteractionScopeConfidentiality ImpactIntegrity ImpactAvailability Impact

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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NetworkAdjacentLocalPhysical
Attack Complexity
LowHigh
Privileges Required
NoneLowHigh
User Interaction
NoneRequired
Scope
ChangedUnchanged
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HighLowNone
Integrity Impact
HighLowNone
Availability Impact
HighLowNone

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LinuxLinuxfd8aa9095a95c02dcc35540a263267c29b8fda9d, fd8aa9095a95c02dcc35540a263267c29b8fda9d, fd8aa9095a95c02dcc35540a263267c29b8fda9d, fd8aa9095a95c02dcc35540a263267c29b8fda9d, fd8aa9095a95c02dcc35540a263267c29b8fda9d, fd8aa9095a95c02dcc35540a263267c29b8fda9d, fd8aa9095a95c02dcc35540a263267c29b8fda9d, fd8aa9095a95c02dcc35540a263267c29b8fda9dunaffected
LinuxLinux4.11, 0, 5.4.294, 5.10.238, 5.15.183, 6.1.139, 6.6.91, 6.12.29, 6.14.7, 6.15affected
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