Import Source
https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-73081.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/AZL-73081
Upstream
Published
2025-12-24T11:16:00Z
Modified
2026-04-01T05:22:35Z
Summary
CVE-2025-68366 affecting package kernel for versions less than 6.6.121.1-1
Details

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

nbd: defer config unlock in nbd_genl_connect

There is one use-after-free warning when running NBD_CMD_CONNECT and NBD_CLEAR_SOCK:

nbd_genl_connect nbd_alloc_and_init_config // config_refs=1 nbd_start_device // config_refs=2 set NBD_RT_HAS_CONFIG_REF open nbd // config_refs=3 recv_work done // config_refs=2 NBD_CLEAR_SOCK // config_refs=1 close nbd // config_refs=0 refcount_inc -> uaf

------------[ cut here ]------------ refcount_t: addition on 0; use-after-free. WARNING: CPU: 24 PID: 1014 at lib/refcount.c:25 refcount_warn_saturate+0x12e/0x290 nbd_genl_connect+0x16d0/0x1ab0 genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0x1f3/0x310 genl_rcv_msg+0x44a/0x790

The issue can be easily reproduced by adding a small delay before refcount_inc(&nbd->config_refs) in nbd_genl_connect():

    mutex_unlock(&nbd->config_lock);
    if (!ret) {
            set_bit(NBD_RT_HAS_CONFIG_REF, &config->runtime_flags);
  •           printk("before sleep\n");
    
  •           mdelay(5 * 1000);
    
  •           printk("after sleep\n");
              refcount_inc(&nbd->config_refs);
              nbd_connect_reply(info, nbd->index);
      }
    
References

Affected packages

Azure Linux:3 / kernel

Package

Name
kernel
Purl
pkg:rpm/azure-linux/kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
6.6.121.1-1

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-73081.json"