CVE-2025-38510 (GCVE-0-2025-38510)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-08-16 10:54 – Updated: 2026-05-11 21:29
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
kasan: remove kasan_find_vm_area() to prevent possible deadlock
Summary
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().
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
Assigner
References
6 references
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
c056a364e9546bd513d1f5205f0ee316d8acb910 , < 595f78d99b9051600233c0a5c4c47e1097e6ed01
(git)
Affected: c056a364e9546bd513d1f5205f0ee316d8acb910 , < 8377d7744bdce5c4b3f1b58924eebd3fdc078dfc (git) Affected: c056a364e9546bd513d1f5205f0ee316d8acb910 , < 2d89dab1ea6086e6cbe6fe92531b496fb6808cb9 (git) Affected: c056a364e9546bd513d1f5205f0ee316d8acb910 , < 0c3566d831def922cd56322c772a7b20d8b0e0c0 (git) Affected: c056a364e9546bd513d1f5205f0ee316d8acb910 , < 6ee9b3d84775944fb8c8a447961cd01274ac671c (git) |
guessed | |
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
5.18
Unaffected: 0 , < 5.18 (semver) Unaffected: 6.1.146 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.6.99 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.12.39 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.15.7 , ≤ 6.15.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.16 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix) |
guessed |
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