Race Cond. UAF in Linux Kernel 5.4 on ChromeOS via virtio Transport
CVE-2025-1290 Published on April 17, 2025
A race condition Use-After-Free vulnerability exists in the virtio_transport_space_update function within the Kernel 5.4 on ChromeOS. Concurrent allocation and freeing of the virtio_vsock_sock structure during an AF_VSOCK connect syscall can occur before a worker thread accesses it resulting in a dangling pointer and potential kernel code execution.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2025-1290 is exploitable with network access, and does not require authorization privileges or user interaction. This vulnerability is consided to have a high level of attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Weakness Type
What is a Dangling pointer Vulnerability?
Referencing memory after it has been freed can cause a program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code.
CVE-2025-1290 has been classified to as a Dangling pointer vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2025-1290
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Affected Versions
Google ChromeOS:- Version 15474.84.0 and below 15474.84.0 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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