CVE-2025-37879 — 9p/net: fix improper handling of bogus negative read/write replies
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: 9p/net: fix improper handling of bogus negative read/write replies In p9_client_write() and p9_client_read_…
Published: 2025-05-09 · CVSS: 9.8 · CVSS 3.1
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: 9p/net: fix improper handling of bogus negative read/write replies In p9_client_write() and p9_client_read_once(), if the server incorrectly replies with success but a negative write/read count then we would consider written (negative) <= rsize (positive) because both variables were signed. Make variables unsigned to avoid this problem. The reproducer linked below now fails with the following error instead of a null pointer deref: 9pnet: bogus RWRITE count (4294967295 > 3)
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7