2025-10-28 9:32CVE-2025-40028Linux
PUBLISHED5.1

binder: fix double-free in dbitmap

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

binder: fix double-free in dbitmap

A process might fail to allocate a new bitmap when trying to expand its

proc->dmap. In that case, dbitmap_grow() fails and frees the old bitmap

via dbitmap_free(). However, the driver calls dbitmap_free() again when

the same process terminates, leading to a double-free error:

==================================================================

BUG: KASAN: double-free in binder_proc_dec_tmpref+0x2e0/0x55c

Free of addr ffff00000b7c1420 by task kworker/9:1/209

CPU: 9 UID: 0 PID: 209 Comm: kworker/9:1 Not tainted 6.17.0-rc6-dirty #5 PREEMPT

Hardware name: linux,dummy-virt (DT)

Workqueue: events binder_deferred_func

Call trace:

kfree+0x164/0x31c

binder_proc_dec_tmpref+0x2e0/0x55c

binder_deferred_func+0xc24/0x1120

process_one_work+0x520/0xba4

[...]

Allocated by task 448:

__kmalloc_noprof+0x178/0x3c0

bitmap_zalloc+0x24/0x30

binder_open+0x14c/0xc10

[...]

Freed by task 449:

kfree+0x184/0x31c

binder_inc_ref_for_node+0xb44/0xe44

binder_transaction+0x29b4/0x7fbc

binder_thread_write+0x1708/0x442c

binder_ioctl+0x1b50/0x2900

[...]

==================================================================

Fix this issue by marking proc->map NULL in dbitmap_free().

Affected products

Linux

Linux

< c301ec61ce6f16e21a36b99225ca8a20c1591e10 - AFFECTED

< 0390633979969c54c0ce6a198d6f45cdbe2c84b1 - AFFECTED

< b781e5635a3398e2b64440371233c2c5102cd6cb - AFFECTED

< 3ebcd3460cad351f198c39c6edb4af519a0ed934 - AFFECTED

Linux

6.11 - AFFECTED

< 6.11 - UNAFFECTED

<= 6.12.* - UNAFFECTED

<= 6.16.* - UNAFFECTED

<= 6.17.* - UNAFFECTED

<= * - UNAFFECTED

References

GitHub Security Advisories

GHSA-8vjm-fc8f-c7jh

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: binder: fix double-free in...

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8vjm-fc8f-c7jh

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

binder: fix double-free in dbitmap

A process might fail to allocate a new bitmap when trying to expand its proc->dmap. In that case, dbitmap_grow() fails and frees the old bitmap via dbitmap_free(). However, the driver calls dbitmap_free() again when the same process terminates, leading to a double-free error:

================================================================== BUG: KASAN: double-free in binder_proc_dec_tmpref+0x2e0/0x55c Free of addr ffff00000b7c1420 by task kworker/9:1/209

CPU: 9 UID: 0 PID: 209 Comm: kworker/9:1 Not tainted 6.17.0-rc6-dirty #5 PREEMPT Hardware name: linux,dummy-virt (DT) Workqueue: events binder_deferred_func Call trace: kfree+0x164/0x31c binder_proc_dec_tmpref+0x2e0/0x55c binder_deferred_func+0xc24/0x1120 process_one_work+0x520/0xba4 [...]

Allocated by task 448: __kmalloc_noprof+0x178/0x3c0 bitmap_zalloc+0x24/0x30 binder_open+0x14c/0xc10 [...]

Freed by task 449: kfree+0x184/0x31c binder_inc_ref_for_node+0xb44/0xe44 binder_transaction+0x29b4/0x7fbc binder_thread_write+0x1708/0x442c binder_ioctl+0x1b50/0x2900 [...]

Fix this issue by marking proc->map NULL in dbitmap_free().

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Mitre source

https://cveawg.mitre.org/api/cve/CVE-2025-40028