CVE-2025-23138
watch_queue: fix pipe accounting mismatch
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watch_queue: fix pipe accounting mismatch
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: watch_queue: fix pipe accounting mismatch Currently, watch_queue_set_size() modifies the pipe buffers charged to user->pipe_bufs without updating the pipe->nr_accounted on the pipe itself, due to the if (!pipe_has_watch_queue()) test in pipe_resize_ring(). This means that when the pipe is ultimately freed, we decrement user->pipe_bufs by something other than what than we had charged to it, potentially leading to an underflow. This in turn can cause subsequent too_many_pipe_buffers_soft() tests to fail with -EPERM. To remedy this, explicitly account for the pipe usage in watch_queue_set_size() to match the number set via account_pipe_buffers() (It's unclear why watch_queue_set_size() does not update nr_accounted; it may be due to intentional overprovisioning in watch_queue_set_size()?)
Reserved 2025-01-11 | Published 2025-04-16 | Updated 2025-05-26 | Assigner Linuxgit.kernel.org/...c/8658c75343ed00e5e154ebbe24335f51ba8db547
git.kernel.org/...c/471c89b7d4f58bd6082f7c1fe14d4ca15c7f1284
git.kernel.org/...c/d40e3537265dea9e3c33021874437ff26dc18787
git.kernel.org/...c/6dafa27764183738dc5368b669b71e3d0d154f12
git.kernel.org/...c/56ec918e6c86c1536870e4373e91eddd0c44245f
git.kernel.org/...c/2d680b988656bb556c863d8b46d9b9096842bf3d
git.kernel.org/...c/205028ebba838938d3b264dda1d0708fa7fe1ade
git.kernel.org/...c/f13abc1e8e1a3b7455511c4e122750127f6bc9b0
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