CVE-2025-1290
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CVE-2025-1290 is a high-severity vulnerability rated 8.1/10 on the CVSS scale. 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.. EPSS estimates a 0.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
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.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Chrome Os | 15474.84.0 |
References
- https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/301886931Exploit, Issue Tracking, Mailing List
Timeline
- Published
- Last Modified
- Status
- Analyzed
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