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      <title>CVE-2025-38510 — kasan: remove kasan_find_vm_area() to prevent possible deadlock</title>
      <link>https://vulnerability.circl.lu/vuln/cve-2025-38510</link>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Affected:&lt;/strong&gt; Linux&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;kasan: remove kasan_find_vm_area() to prevent possible deadlock&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;find_vm_area() couldn&amp;#39;t be called in atomic_context.  If find_vm_area() is
called to reports vm area information, kasan can trigger deadlock like:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;CPU0                                CPU1
vmalloc();
 alloc_vmap_area();
  spin_lock(&amp;amp;vn-&amp;gt;busy.lock)
                                    spin_lock_bh(&amp;amp;some_lock);
   &amp;lt;interrupt occurs&amp;gt;
   &amp;lt;in softirq&amp;gt;
   spin_lock(&amp;amp;some_lock);
                                    &amp;lt;access invalid address&amp;gt;
                                    kasan_report();
                                     print_report();
                                      print_address_description();
                                       kasan_find_vm_area();
                                        find_vm_area();
                                         spin_lock(&amp;amp;vn-&amp;gt;busy.lock) // deadlock!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To prevent possible deadlock while kasan reports, remove kasan_find_vm_area().&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Affected:&lt;/strong&gt; Linux&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;kasan: remove kasan_find_vm_area() to prevent possible deadlock&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;find_vm_area() couldn&amp;#39;t be called in atomic_context.  If find_vm_area() is
called to reports vm area information, kasan can trigger deadlock like:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;CPU0                                CPU1
vmalloc();
 alloc_vmap_area();
  spin_lock(&amp;amp;vn-&amp;gt;busy.lock)
                                    spin_lock_bh(&amp;amp;some_lock);
   &amp;lt;interrupt occurs&amp;gt;
   &amp;lt;in softirq&amp;gt;
   spin_lock(&amp;amp;some_lock);
                                    &amp;lt;access invalid address&amp;gt;
                                    kasan_report();
                                     print_report();
                                      print_address_description();
                                       kasan_find_vm_area();
                                        find_vm_area();
                                         spin_lock(&amp;amp;vn-&amp;gt;busy.lock) // deadlock!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To prevent possible deadlock while kasan reports, remove kasan_find_vm_area().&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded>
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