CVE-2025-21884

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

net: better track kernel sockets lifetime

While kernel sockets are dismantled during pernet_operations->exit(),
their freeing can be delayed by any tx packets still held in qdisc
or device queues, due to skb_set_owner_w() prior calls.

This then trigger the following warning from ref_tracker_dir_exit() [1]

To fix this, make sure that kernel sockets own a reference on net->passive.

Add sk_net_refcnt_upgrade() helper, used whenever a kernel socket
is converted to a refcounted one.

[1]

[  136.263918][   T35] ref_tracker: net notrefcnt@ffff8880638f01e0 has 1/2 users at
[  136.263918][   T35]      sk_alloc+0x2b3/0x370
[  136.263918][   T35]      inet6_create+0x6ce/0x10f0
[  136.263918][   T35]      __sock_create+0x4c0/0xa30
[  136.263918][   T35]      inet_ctl_sock_create+0xc2/0x250
[  136.263918][   T35]      igmp6_net_init+0x39/0x390
[  136.263918][   T35]      ops_init+0x31e/0x590
[  136.263918][   T35]      setup_net+0x287/0x9e0
[  136.263918][   T35]      copy_net_ns+0x33f/0x570
[  136.263918][   T35]      create_new_namespaces+0x425/0x7b0
[  136.263918][   T35]      unshare_nsproxy_namespaces+0x124/0x180
[  136.263918][   T35]      ksys_unshare+0x57d/0xa70
[  136.263918][   T35]      __x64_sys_unshare+0x38/0x40
[  136.263918][   T35]      do_syscall_64+0xf3/0x230
[  136.263918][   T35]      entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
[  136.263918][   T35]
[  136.343488][   T35] ref_tracker: net notrefcnt@ffff8880638f01e0 has 1/2 users at
[  136.343488][   T35]      sk_alloc+0x2b3/0x370
[  136.343488][   T35]      inet6_create+0x6ce/0x10f0
[  136.343488][   T35]      __sock_create+0x4c0/0xa30
[  136.343488][   T35]      inet_ctl_sock_create+0xc2/0x250
[  136.343488][   T35]      ndisc_net_init+0xa7/0x2b0
[  136.343488][   T35]      ops_init+0x31e/0x590
[  136.343488][   T35]      setup_net+0x287/0x9e0
[  136.343488][   T35]      copy_net_ns+0x33f/0x570
[  136.343488][   T35]      create_new_namespaces+0x425/0x7b0
[  136.343488][   T35]      unshare_nsproxy_namespaces+0x124/0x180
[  136.343488][   T35]      ksys_unshare+0x57d/0xa70
[  136.343488][   T35]      __x64_sys_unshare+0x38/0x40
[  136.343488][   T35]      do_syscall_64+0xf3/0x230
[  136.343488][   T35]      entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTNIST
UNKNOWN
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LinuxCNA
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Awaiting analysis
This vulnerability is currently awaiting analysis.
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 2%
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dne
noble
needed
jammy
dne
focal
dne
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-oracle
oracular
needed
noble
needed
jammy
not-affected
focal
not-affected
bionic
not-affected
xenial
not-affected
trusty
dne
linux-oracle-5.0
oracular
dne
noble
dne
jammy
dne
focal
dne
bionic
ignored
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-oracle-5.11
oracular
dne
noble
dne
jammy
dne
focal
ignored
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-oracle-5.13
oracular
dne
noble
dne
jammy
dne
focal
ignored
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-oracle-5.15
oracular
dne
noble
dne
jammy
dne
focal
not-affected
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-oracle-5.3
oracular
dne
noble
dne
jammy
dne
focal
dne
bionic
ignored
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-oracle-5.4
oracular
dne
noble
dne
jammy
dne
focal
dne
bionic
not-affected
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-oracle-5.8
oracular
dne
noble
dne
jammy
dne
focal
ignored
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-oracle-6.5
oracular
dne
noble
dne
jammy
ignored
focal
dne
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-oracle-6.8
oracular
dne
noble
dne
jammy
needed
focal
dne
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-raspi
oracular
needed
noble
needed
jammy
not-affected
focal
not-affected
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-raspi-5.4
oracular
dne
noble
dne
jammy
dne
focal
dne
bionic
not-affected
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-raspi-realtime
oracular
dne
noble
needed
jammy
dne
focal
dne
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-raspi2
oracular
dne
noble
dne
jammy
dne
focal
ignored
bionic
ignored
xenial
ignored
trusty
dne
linux-realtime
oracular
needed
noble
needed
jammy
not-affected
focal
dne
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-riscv
oracular
needed
noble
needed
jammy
ignored
focal
ignored
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-riscv-5.11
oracular
dne
noble
dne
jammy
dne
focal
ignored
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-riscv-5.15
oracular
dne
noble
dne
jammy
dne
focal
not-affected
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-riscv-5.19
oracular
dne
noble
dne
jammy
ignored
focal
dne
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-riscv-5.8
oracular
dne
noble
dne
jammy
dne
focal
ignored
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-riscv-6.5
oracular
dne
noble
dne
jammy
ignored
focal
dne
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-riscv-6.8
oracular
dne
noble
dne
jammy
needed
focal
dne
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-starfive-5.19
oracular
dne
noble
dne
jammy
ignored
focal
dne
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-starfive-6.2
oracular
dne
noble
dne
jammy
ignored
focal
dne
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-starfive-6.5
oracular
dne
noble
dne
jammy
ignored
focal
dne
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-xilinx-zynqmp
oracular
dne
noble
dne
jammy
not-affected
focal
not-affected
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne