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CVE-2025-38169
published 2025-07-03

CVE-2025-38169: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: arm64/fpsimd: Avoid clobbering kernel FPSIMD state with SMSTOP On system with SME, a…

PriorityP419medium5.5CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
0.15%
4.4th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: arm64/fpsimd: Avoid clobbering kernel FPSIMD state with SMSTOP On system with SME, a thread's kernel FPSIMD state may be erroneously clobbered during a context switch immediately after that state is restored. Systems without SME are unaffected. If the CPU happens to be in streaming SVE mode before a context switch to a thread with kernel FPSIMD state, fpsimd_thread_switch() will restore the kernel FPSIMD state using fpsimd_load_kernel_state() while the CPU is still in streaming SVE mode. When fpsimd_thread_switch() subsequently calls fpsimd_flush_cpu_state(), this will execute an SMSTOP, causing an exit from streaming SVE mode. The exit from streaming SVE mode will cause the hardware to reset a number of FPSIMD/SVE/SME registers, clobbering the FPSIMD state. Fix this by calling fpsimd_flush_cpu_state() before restoring the kernel FPSIMD state.

Affected

24 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 6.12.35-1 (forky)linux 6.12.35-1 (forky)
linuxlinux
linuxlinux
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= 6.8.12 < 6.96.9
linuxlinux>= 6.9.3 < 6.106.10
linuxlinux>= e92bee9f861b466c676f0200be3e46af7bc4ac6b < 55d52af498daea75aa03ba9b7e444c8ae495ac2055d52af498daea75aa03ba9b7e444c8ae495ac20
linuxlinux>= e92bee9f861b466c676f0200be3e46af7bc4ac6b < a305821f597ec943849d3e53924adb88c61ed682a305821f597ec943849d3e53924adb88c61ed682
linuxlinux>= e92bee9f861b466c676f0200be3e46af7bc4ac6b < 01098d893fa8a6edb2b56e178b798e3e6b674f0201098d893fa8a6edb2b56e178b798e3e6b674f02
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.12.35-16.12.35-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.12.35-16.12.35-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.8.0-100.1006.8.0-100.100
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.13 < 6.15.36.15.3
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.8.12 < 6.96.9
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.9.3 < 6.12.346.12.34
ubuntulinux-aws
ubuntulinux-aws-6.8
ubuntulinux-gkeop
ubuntulinux-nvidia
ubuntulinux-nvidia-6.8
ubuntulinux-oracle
ubuntulinux-oracle-6.8
ubuntulinux-raspi-realtime
ubuntulinux-realtime

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.15.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
osv5.5MEDIUM
vendor_debian5.5LOW
vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM
vendor_ubuntu3.2LOW
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