CVE-2025-38008Race Condition in Linux

Severity
4.7MEDIUMNVD
OSV7.8OSV3.2
EPSS
0.1%
top 84.60%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedJun 18
Latest updateMar 25

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/page_alloc: fix race condition in unaccepted memory handling The page allocator tracks the number of zones that have unaccepted memory using static_branch_enc/dec() and uses that static branch in hot paths to determine if it needs to deal with unaccepted memory. Borislav and Thomas pointed out that the tracking is racy: operations on static_branch are not serialized against adding/removing unaccepted pages to/from the zone

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.0 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages14 packages

NVDlinux/linux_kernel6.56.6.92+3
Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 6.12.30-1+1
Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 6.8.0-100.100
CVEListV5linux/linuxdcdfdd40fa82b6704d2841938e5c8ec3051eb0d698fdd2f612e949c652693f6df00442c81037776d+4
debiandebian/linux< linux 6.12.30-1 (forky)

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

21
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OSV
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OSV
linux-xilinx vulnerabilities2026-02-24

📋Vendor Advisories

21
Ubuntu
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities2026-03-04
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Azure FIPS) vulnerabilities2026-03-04
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Xilinx) vulnerabilities2026-02-24
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (IBM) vulnerabilities2026-02-24
CVE-2025-38008 — Race Condition in Linux | cvebase