# CVE-2025-22085: RDMA/core: Fix use-after-free when rename device name

> A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel RDMA core allows local attackers to potentially execute code or escalate privileges when renaming a device.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 16 Apr 2025
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2025-22085, DEBIAN-CVE-2025-22085, GHSA-j2pm-rwgr-r5gf, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-22085

## What is CVE-2025-22085?

CVE-2025-22085 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 16 Apr 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

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

RDMA/core: Fix use-after-free when rename device name

Syzbot reported a slab-use-after-free with the following call trace:

==================================================================
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in nla_put+0xd3/0x150 lib/nlattr.c:1099
Read of size 5 at addr ffff888140ea1c60 by task syz.0.988/10025

CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 10025 Comm: syz.0.988
Not tainted 6.14.0-rc4-syzkaller-00859-gf77f12010f67 #0
Hardware name: Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 02/12/2025
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:94 [inline]
 dump_stack_lvl+0x241/0x360 lib/dump_stack.c:120
 print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:408 [inline]
 print_report+0x16e/0x5b0 mm/kasan/report.c:521
 kasan_report+0x143/0x180 mm/kasan/report.c:634
 kasan_check_range+0x282/0x290 mm/kasan/generic.c:189
 __asan_memcpy+0x29/0x70 mm/kasan/shadow.c:105
 nla_put+0xd3/0x150 lib/nlattr.c:1099
 nla_put_string include/net/netlink.h:1621 [inline]
 fill_nldev_handle+0x16e/0x200 drivers/infiniband/core/nldev.c:265
 rdma_nl_notify_event+0x561/0xef0 drivers/infiniband/core/nldev.c:2857
 ib_device_notify_register+0x22/0x230 drivers/infiniband/core/device.c:1344
 ib_register_device+0x1292/0x1460 drivers/infiniband/core/device.c:1460
 rxe_register_device+0x233/0x350 drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_verbs.c:1540
 rxe_net_add+0x74/0xf0 drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_net.c:550
 rxe_newlink+0xde/0x1a0 drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe.c:212
 nldev_newlink+0x5ea/0x680 drivers/infiniband/core/nldev.c:1795
 rdma_nl_rcv_skb drivers/infiniband/core/netlink.c:239 [inline]
 rdma_nl_rcv+0x6dd/0x9e0 drivers/infiniband/core/netlink.c:259
 netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1313 [inline]
 netlink_unicast+0x7f6/0x990 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1339
 netlink_sendmsg+0x8de/0xcb0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1883
 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:709 [inline]
 __sock_sendmsg+0x221/0x270 net/socket.c:724
 ____sys_sendmsg+0x53a/0x860 net/socket.c:2564
 ___sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2618 [inline]
 __sys_sendmsg+0x269/0x350 net/socket.c:2650
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0xf3/0x230 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7f42d1b8d169
Code: ff ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 40 00 48 89 f8 48 ...
RSP: 002b:00007f42d2960038 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002e
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f42d1da6320 RCX: 00007f42d1b8d169
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 00004000000002c0 RDI: 000000000000000c
RBP: 00007f42d1c0e2a0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 00007f42d1da6320 R15: 00007ffe399344a8
 </TASK>

Allocated by task 10025:
 kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:47 [inline]
 kasan_save_track+0x3f/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:68
 poison_kmalloc_redzone mm/kasan/common.c:377 [inline]
 __kasan_kmalloc+0x98/0xb0 mm/kasan/common.c:394
 kasan_kmalloc include/linux/kasan.h:260 [inline]
 __do_kmalloc_node mm/slub.c:4294 [inline]
 __kmalloc_node_track_caller_noprof+0x28b/0x4c0 mm/slub.c:4313
 __kmemdup_nul mm/util.c:61 [inline]
 kstrdup+0x42/0x100 mm/util.c:81
 kobject_set_name_vargs+0x61/0x120 lib/kobject.c:274
 dev_set_name+0xd5/0x120 drivers/base/core.c:3468
 assign_name drivers/infiniband/core/device.c:1202 [inline]
 ib_register_device+0x178/0x1460 drivers/infiniband/core/device.c:1384
 rxe_register_device+0x233/0x350 drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_verbs.c:1540
 rxe_net_add+0x74/0xf0 drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_net.c:550
 rxe_newlink+0xde/0x1a0 drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe.c:212
 nldev_newlink+0x5ea/0x680 drivers/infiniband/core/nldev.c:1795
 rdma_nl_rcv_skb drivers/infiniband/core/netlink.c:239 [inline]
 rdma_nl_rcv+0x6dd/0x9e0 drivers/infiniband/core/netlink.c:259
 netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1313 [inline]
 netlink_unicast+0x7f6/0x990 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1339
 netlink_sendmsg+0x8de/0xcb0 net
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Weakness: CWE-416 (Use After Free)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-22085?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-22085?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2025-22085 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-22085 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-22085 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-22085 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 16 Apr 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-22085 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-22085/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-22085/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-22085
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-22085
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-22085

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