CVE-2025-37907 — Improper Locking in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV7.8
EPSS
0.0%
top 88.81%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedMay 20
Latest updateAug 28
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
accel/ivpu: Fix locking order in ivpu_job_submit
Fix deadlock in job submission and abort handling.
When a thread aborts currently executing jobs due to a fault,
it first locks the global lock protecting submitted_jobs (#1).
After the last job is destroyed, it proceeds to release the related context
and locks file_priv (#2). Meanwhile, in the job submission thread,
the file_priv lock (#2) is taken first, and then the submitte…
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6