spufs: fix gang directory lifetimes
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: spufs: fix gang directory lifetimes prior to "[POWERPC] spufs: Fix gang destroy leaks" we used to have a problem with gang lifetimes - creation of a gang returns opened gang directory, which normally gets removed when that gets closed, but if somebody has created a context belonging to that gang and kept it alive until the gang got closed, removal failed and we ended up with a leak. Unfortunately, it had been fixed the wrong way. Dentry of gang directory was no longer pinned, and rmdir on close was gone. One problem was that failure of open kept calling simple_rmdir() as cleanup, which meant an unbalanced dput(). Another bug was in the success case - gang creation incremented link count on root directory, but that was no longer undone when gang got destroyed. Fix consists of * reverting the commit in question * adding a counter to gang, protected by ->i_rwsem of gang directory inode. * having it set to 1 at creation time, dropped in both spufs_dir_close() and spufs_gang_close() and bumped in spufs_create_context(), provided that it's not 0. * using simple_recursive_removal() to take the gang directory out when counter reaches zero.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | 2.6.22 and later | 6.1.134, 6.6.87, 6.12.23, 6.13.11, 6.14.2, 6.15 | Patch available | CNA |
- Linux VendorLinux Affected 2.6.22 and later Fixed in 6.1.134, 6.6.87, 6.12.23, 6.13.11, 6.14.2, 6.15 Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 5
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 2.6.23 to before 6.1.134; 6.2 to before 6.6.87; 6.7 to before 6.12.23; 6.13 to before 6.13.11; 6.14 to before 6.14.2 | Vulnerable | Linux |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.22:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | 2.6.22 | Vulnerable | Linux |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.22:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* | 2.6.22 rc5 | Vulnerable | Linux |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.22:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:* | 2.6.22 rc6 | Vulnerable | Linux |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.22:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:* | 2.6.22 rc7 | Vulnerable | Linux |
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.6.23 to before 6.1.134; 6.2 to before 6.6.87; 6.7 to before 6.12.23; 6.13 to before 6.13.11; 6.14 to before 6.14.2 Vulnerable ·Linux
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.22:-:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.6.22 Vulnerable ·Linux
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.22:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.6.22 rc5 Vulnerable ·Linux
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.22:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.6.22 rc6 Vulnerable ·Linux
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.22:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.6.22 rc7 Vulnerable ·Linux
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.1.134, 6.6.87, 6.12.23, 6.13.11, 6.14.2, 6.15
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 5 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-22072
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-v6rx-qqxh-7pj6
- 2026-11-07 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Patch 6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/880e7b3da2e765c1f90c94c0539be039e96c7062
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/324f280806aab28ef757aecc18df419676c10ef8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/029d8c711f5e5fe8cf63e8a4a1a140a06e224e45
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/903733782f3ae28a2f7fe4dfb47c7fe3e079a528
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fc646a6c6d14b5d581f162a7e32999f789e3a3ac
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c134deabf4784e155d360744d4a6a835b9de4dd4
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Sources
- CVE-2025-22072 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-22072 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-v6rx-qqxh-7pj6 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2025-22072 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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