CVE-2025-22072

MEDIUMNVD 5.55.5—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 5.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2025-04-16. NVD baseline CVSS 5.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
5.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 5.5Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

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

spufs: fix gang directory lifetimes

prior to "[POWERPC] spufs: Fix gang destroy leaks" we used to have a problem with gang lifetimes - creation of a gang returns opened gang directory, which normally gets removed when that gets closed, but if somebody has created a context belonging to that gang and kept it alive until the gang got closed, removal failed and we ended up with a leak.

Unfortunately, it had been fixed the wrong way. Dentry of gang directory was no longer pinned, and rmdir on close was gone. One problem was that failure of open kept calling simple_rmdir() as cleanup, which meant an unbalanced dput(). Another bug was in the success case - gang creation incremented link count on root directory, but that was no longer undone when gang got destroyed.

Fix consists of * reverting the commit in question * adding a counter to gang, protected by ->i_rwsem of gang directory inode. * having it set to 1 at creation time, dropped in both spufs_dir_close() and spufs_gang_close() and bumped in spufs_create_context(), provided that it's not 0. * using simple_recursive_removal() to take the gang directory out when counter reaches zero.

CVSS v3
5.5
EG Score
5.5(medium)
EG Risk
29(Track)
EG Risk 29/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity55% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
12%
KEV
Not listed

Published

April 16, 2025

Last Modified

August 5, 2026

Advisory Details (7)

Auto-updated Aug 2, 2026
Patch available.
generic Patch Available

[SECURITY] [DLA 4193-1] linux-6.1 security update

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00045.html
generic

spufs: fix gang directory lifetimes - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fc646a6c6d14b5d581f162a7e32999f789e3a3ac
generic

spufs: fix gang directory lifetimes - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c134deabf4784e155d360744d4a6a835b9de4dd4
generic

spufs: fix gang directory lifetimes - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/903733782f3ae28a2f7fe4dfb47c7fe3e079a528
generic

spufs: fix gang directory lifetimes - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/880e7b3da2e765c1f90c94c0539be039e96c7062
generic

spufs: fix gang directory lifetimes - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/324f280806aab28ef757aecc18df419676c10ef8
generic

spufs: fix gang directory lifetimes - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/029d8c711f5e5fe8cf63e8a4a1a140a06e224e45

Patch Availability(18)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntulinux-tools-azure-6.11 (6.11.0-1018.18) @ oracular2026-07-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-azure (6.14.0-1007.7) @ plucky2026-07-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-virtual-hwe-24.04-edge (6.14.0-22.22) @ plucky2026-07-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-virtual-hwe-24.04-edge (6.11.0-28.28) @ oracular2026-07-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-oem-24.04b (6.11.0-1024.24) @ noble2026-07-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-lowlatency-64k (6.11.0-1015.16) @ oracular2026-07-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-oracle-64k (6.14.0-1007.7) @ plucky2026-07-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-lowlatency-hwe-22.04-edge (6.8.0-86.87.1~22.04.1) @ jammy2026-07-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-virtual-hwe-22.04-edge (6.8.0-86.87~22.04.1) @ jammy2026-07-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-nvidia-lowlatency-64k-6.8 (6.8.0-1041.44.1) @ noble2026-07-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-realtime-6.8.1 (6.8.1-1036.37) @ noble2026-07-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-oracle-edge (6.8.0-1038.39~22.04.1) @ jammy2026-07-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-raspi-6.8 (6.8.0-1041.45) @ noble2026-07-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-aws-edge (6.8.0-1041.43~22.04.1) @ jammy2026-07-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-raspi-realtime-6.8 (6.8.0-2032.33) @ noble2026-07-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-azure-fips-6.8 (6.8.0-1044.50+fips1) @ noble2026-07-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-azure-nvidia-lts-24.04 (6.8.0-1029.32) @ noble2026-07-30ubuntu
linuxKernel @ 6.1.134—osv

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(5 across 4 ecosystems)
Debian:11(2)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
linux5.10.103-1 ... 7.2~rc5-1~exp1 (496 versions)——
linux-6.16.1.106-3~deb11u1 ... 6.1.129-1~deb11u1 (7 versions)6.1.137-1~deb11u1—
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
linux6.1.106-1 ... 6.1.99-1 (37 versions)6.1.135-1—
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
linux—6.12.25-1—
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
linux—6.12.25-1—

All Vendor Advisories

(18)

Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.

Data Freshness Timeline

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2025-22072?
CVE-2025-22072 is a medium vulnerability published on April 16, 2025. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: spufs: fix gang directory lifetimes prior to "[POWERPC] spufs: Fix gang destroy leaks" we used to have a problem with gang lifetimes - creation of a gang returns opened gang directory, which normally gets removed when that gets…
When was CVE-2025-22072 disclosed?
CVE-2025-22072 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on April 16, 2025, with the most recent update on August 5, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2025-22072 actively exploited?
CVE-2025-22072 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 88.1% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-22072?
CVE-2025-22072 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2025-22072?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2025-22072, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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