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CVE-2025-38510

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Published: Aug 16, 2025Modified: Jun 17, 2026

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5.5
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 3.6
Source: NVD

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: kasan: remove kasan_find_vm_area() to prevent possible deadlock find_vm_area() couldn't be called in atomic_context. If find_vm_area() is called to reports vm area information, kasan can trigger deadlock like: CPU0 CPU1 vmalloc(); alloc_vmap_area(); spin_lock(&vn->busy.lock) spin_lock_bh(&some_lock); <interrupt occurs> <in softirq> spin_lock(&some_lock); <access invalid address> kasan_report(); print_report(); print_address_description(); kasan_find_vm_area(); find_vm_area(); spin_lock(&vn->busy.lock) // deadlock! To prevent possible deadlock while kasan reports, remove kasan_find_vm_area().

Affected (10)

1 product
Linux Kernel
1 product
Debian Linux
Configuration A
9 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Linux
5.18 ≤ version < 6.1.146
6.13 ≤ version < 6.15.7
6.2 ≤ version < 6.6.99
6.7 ≤ version < 6.12.39
Version 6.16 rc1
Version 6.16 rc2
Version 6.16 rc3
Version 6.16 rc4
Version 6.16 rc5
Configuration B
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Version 11.0

References (6)

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Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
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Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
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Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
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Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
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Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
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