CVE-2025-38349
published 2025-07-18CVE-2025-38349: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: eventpoll: don't decrement ep refcount while still holding the ep mutex Jann Horn points…
PriorityP340high7.8CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH
EPSS
0.15%
4.8th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
eventpoll: don't decrement ep refcount while still holding the ep mutex
Jann Horn points out that epoll is decrementing the ep refcount and then
doing a
mutex_unlock(&ep->mtx);
afterwards. That's very wrong, because it can lead to a use-after-free.
That pattern is actually fine for the very last reference, because the
code in question will delay the actual call to "ep_free(ep)" until after
it has unlocked the mutex.
But it's wrong for the much subtler "next to last" case when somebody
*else* may also be dropping their reference and free the ep while we're
still using the mutex.
Note that this is true even if that other user is also using the same ep
mutex: mutexes, unlike spinlocks, can not be used for object ownership,
even if they guarantee mutual exclusion.
A mutex "unlock" operation is not atomic, and as one user is still
accessing the mutex as part of unlocking it, another user can come in
and get the now released mutex and free the data structure while the
first user is still cleaning up.
See our mutex documentation in Documentation/locking/mutex-design.rst,
in particular the section [1] about semantics:
"mutex_unlock() may access the mutex structure even after it has
internally released the lock already - so it's not safe for
another context to acquire the mutex and assume that the
mutex_unlock() context is not using the structure anymore"
So if we drop our ep ref before the mutex unlock, but we weren't the
last one, we may then unlock the mutex, another user comes in, drops
_their_ reference and releases the 'ep' as it now has no users - all
while the mutex_unlock() is still accessing it.
Fix this by simply moving the ep refcount dropping to outside the mutex:
the refcount itself is atomic, and doesn't need mutex protection (that's
the whole _point_ of refcounts: unlike mutexes, they are inherently
about object lifetimes).
Affected
30 ranges· showing 25
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | linux | < linux 6.16.3-1 (forky) | linux 6.16.3-1 (forky) |
| android | — | — | |
| chrome_chrome | — | — | |
| linux | linux | — | — |
| linux | linux | — | — |
| linux | linux | — | — |
| linux | linux | >= 5.15.209 < 5.16 | 5.16 |
| linux | linux | >= 58c9b016e12855286370dfb704c08498edbc857a < 521e9ff0b67c66a17d6f9593dfccafaa984aae4c | 521e9ff0b67c66a17d6f9593dfccafaa984aae4c |
| linux | linux | >= 58c9b016e12855286370dfb704c08498edbc857a < 6dee745bd0aec9d399df674256e7b1ecdb615444 | 6dee745bd0aec9d399df674256e7b1ecdb615444 |
| linux | linux | >= 58c9b016e12855286370dfb704c08498edbc857a < 605c18698ecfa99165f36b7f59d3ed503e169814 | 605c18698ecfa99165f36b7f59d3ed503e169814 |
| linux | linux | >= 58c9b016e12855286370dfb704c08498edbc857a < 8c2e52ebbe885c7eeaabd3b7ddcdc1246fc400d2 | 8c2e52ebbe885c7eeaabd3b7ddcdc1246fc400d2 |
| linux | linux | >= 6.1.175 < 6.2 | 6.2 |
| linux | linux_kernel | — | — |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 0 < 6.12.41-1 | 6.12.41-1 |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 0 < 6.16.3-1 | 6.16.3-1 |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 0 < 6.8.0-100.100 | 6.8.0-100.100 |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 6.13 < 6.15.7 | 6.15.7 |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 6.4 < 6.6.99 | 6.6.99 |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 6.7 < 6.12.39 | 6.12.39 |
| msrc | azl3_kernel_6.6.96.2-1_on_azure_linux_3.0 | — | — |
| msrc | azl3_kernel_6.6.96.2-2_on_azure_linux_3.0 | — | — |
| ubuntu | linux-aws | — | — |
| ubuntu | linux-aws-6.8 | — | — |
| ubuntu | linux-gkeop | — | — |
| ubuntu | linux-nvidia | — | — |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.17.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
osv7.8HIGH
vendor_msrc8.4HIGH
vendor_debian7.8LOW
vendor_redhat7.8HIGH
vendor_ubuntu3.2LOW
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CVE-2025-38349: EPoll
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CVE-2025-38349 [HIGH] CVE-2025-38349: EPoll
Android Security Bulletin 2025-12-01
CVE: CVE-2025-38349
Severity: HIGH
Type: EoP
Component: EPoll
References: A-432751421Upstream kernel
[2]
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allow a local attacker with hypervisor access to overwrite SEV-SNP guest
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Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
- ARM64 architecture;
- PowerPC architecture;
- S390 architecture;
- x86 architecture;
- Network block device driver;
- Character device driver;
- Clock framework and drivers;
- Data acquisition framework and drivers;
- Hardware crypto device drivers;
- Device frequency scaling framework;
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It was discovered that improper initialization of CPU cache memory could
allow a local attacker with hypervisor access to overwrite SEV-SNP guest
memory resulting in loss of data integrity. (CVE-2024-36331)
Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
- ARM64 architecture;
- PowerPC architecture;
- S390 architecture;
- x86 architecture;
- Network block device driver;
- Character device driver;
- Clock framework and drivers;
- Data acquisition framework and drivers;
- Hardware crypto device drivers;
- Device frequency scaling framework;
- DMA e
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Title: Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.
It was discovered that improper initialization of CPU cache memory could
allow a local attacker with hypervisor access to overwrite SEV-SNP guest
memory resulting in loss of data integrity. (CVE-2024-36331)
Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
- ARM64 architecture;
- PowerPC architecture;
- S390 architecture;
- x86 architecture;
- Network block device driver;
- Character device driver;
- Clock framework and drivers;
- Data acquisition framework and drivers;
- Hardware crypto device drivers;
- Device frequency scaling framework;
- DMA engine
Red Hat
kernel: Linux kernel use-after-free in eventpoll
vendor_redhat·2025-07-18·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2025-38349 [HIGH] CWE-366 kernel: Linux kernel use-after-free in eventpoll
kernel: Linux kernel use-after-free in eventpoll
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
eventpoll: don't decrement ep refcount while still holding the ep mutex
Jann Horn points out that epoll is decrementing the ep refcount and then
doing a
mutex_unlock(&ep->mtx);
afterwards. That's very wrong, because it can lead to a use-after-free.
That pattern is actually fine for the very last reference, because the
code in question will delay the actual call to "ep_free(ep)" until after
it has unlocked the mutex.
But it's wrong for the much subtler "next to last" case when somebody
*else* may also be dropping their reference and free the ep while we're
still using the mutex.
Note that this is true even if that other user is also using the same ep
mutex: mutexes, unlike s
Microsoft
eventpoll: don't decrement ep refcount while still holding the ep mutex
vendor_msrc·2025-07-08·CVSS 8.4
CVE-2025-38349 [HIGH] CWE-416 eventpoll: don't decrement ep refcount while still holding the ep mutex
eventpoll: don't decrement ep refcount while still holding the ep mutex
FAQ: Is Azure Linux the only Microsoft product that includes this open-source library and is therefore potentially affected by this vulnerability?
One of the main benefits to our customers who choose to use the Azure Linux distro is the commitment to keep it up to date with the most recent and most secure versions of the open source libraries with which the distro is composed. Microsoft is committed to transparency in this work which is why we began publishing CSAF/VEX in October 2025. See this blog post for more information. If impact to additional products is identified, we will update the CVE to reflect this.
Mariner: Mariner
Linux: Linux
Customer Action Required: Yes
Remediation: CBL-Mariner Releases
Referenc
Debian
CVE-2025-38349: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: eventpoll: ...
vendor_debian·2025·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2025-38349 [HIGH] CVE-2025-38349: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: eventpoll: ...
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: eventpoll: don't decrement ep refcount while still holding the ep mutex Jann Horn points out that epoll is decrementing the ep refcount and then doing a mutex_unlock(&ep->mtx); afterwards. That's very wrong, because it can lead to a use-after-free. That pattern is actually fine for the very last reference, because the code in question will delay the actual call to "ep_free(ep)" until after it has unlocked the mutex. But it's wrong for the much subtler "next to last" case when somebody *else* may also be dropping their reference and free the ep while we're still using the mutex. Note that this is true even if that other user is also using the same ep mutex: mutexes, unlike spinlocks, can not be used for object ownership, ev
Kernel
eventpoll: hoist CTL_ADD scratch state into struct ep_ctl_ctx
kernel_security·2026-04-24
CVE-2025-38349 eventpoll: hoist CTL_ADD scratch state into struct ep_ctl_ctx
eventpoll: hoist CTL_ADD scratch state into struct ep_ctl_ctx
Three globals were shared between the loop check and the path check
paths: tfile_check_list (chain of epitems_head to walk afterwards),
path_count[] (per-depth wakeup-path tally) and inserting_into
(cycle-detection sentinel). All three are scratch state used only
during a single EPOLL_CTL_ADD full_check, yet they sit at file
scope and rely on epnested_mutex for exclusion.
The area has had three bugs in the last year -- CVE-2025-38349,
f2e467a48287 ("eventpoll: Fix semi-unbounded recursion"), and
fdcfce93073d ("eventpoll: Fix integer overflow in
ep_loop_check_proc()") -- all rooted in the shared-mutable-global
pattern being hard to reason about.
Collect the three into a stack-allocated struct ep_ctl_ctx:
struct ep_ctl_ctx {
s
Kernel
eventpoll: document loop-check / path-check globals
kernel_security·2026-04-24
CVE-2025-38349 eventpoll: document loop-check / path-check globals
eventpoll: document loop-check / path-check globals
The globals that support EPOLL_CTL_ADD's cycle and path-length checks
are scattered: epnested_mutex, loop_check_gen, inserting_into, and
tfile_check_list sit at the top of the file; path_count[] and
path_limits[] are declared inline with the path-check code further
down. Their interaction -- the "ep->gen == loop_check_gen" trigger in
do_epoll_ctl(), the two loop_check_gen++ bumps that sandwich a check,
the EP_UNACTIVE_PTR sentinel on tfile_check_list, the -ELOOP back-edge
detection via inserting_into -- is not documented anywhere.
The area has had three recent fixes (CVE-2025-38349, the unbounded
recursion fix, and the overflow fix) whose logic depends on these
invariants. Collect the description in one block alongside the
declarations,
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linux-azure-6.8 vulnerabilities
osv·2026-03-25·CVSS 3.2
[LOW] linux-azure-6.8 vulnerabilities
linux-azure-6.8 vulnerabilities
Qualys discovered that several vulnerabilities existed in the AppArmor
Linux kernel Security Module (LSM). An unprivileged local attacker could
use these issues to load, replace, and remove arbitrary AppArmor profiles
causing denial of service, exposure of sensitive information (kernel
memory), local privilege escalation, or possibly escape a container.
(LP: #2143853)
It was discovered that improper initialization of CPU cache memory could
allow a local attacker with hypervisor access to overwrite SEV-SNP guest
memory resulting in loss of data integrity. (CVE-2024-36331)
Oleksii Oleksenko, Cedric Fournet, Jana Hofmann, Boris Köpf, Stavros Volos,
and Flavien Solt discovered that some AMD processors may allow an attacker
to infer data from previous stores,
OSV
linux-azure-fips vulnerabilities
osv·2026-03-04·CVSS 3.2
CVE-2024-36331 [LOW] linux-azure-fips vulnerabilities
linux-azure-fips vulnerabilities
It was discovered that improper initialization of CPU cache memory could
allow a local attacker with hypervisor access to overwrite SEV-SNP guest
memory resulting in loss of data integrity. (CVE-2024-36331)
Oleksii Oleksenko, Cedric Fournet, Jana Hofmann, Boris Köpf, Stavros Volos,
and Flavien Solt discovered that some AMD processors may allow an attacker
to infer data from previous stores, potentially resulting in the leakage of
privileged information. A local attacker could possibly use this to expose
sensitive information. (CVE-2024-36350, CVE-2024-36357)
Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
- ARM32 architectur
OSV
linux-azure vulnerabilities
osv·2026-03-04·CVSS 3.2
CVE-2024-36331 [LOW] linux-azure vulnerabilities
linux-azure vulnerabilities
It was discovered that improper initialization of CPU cache memory could
allow a local attacker with hypervisor access to overwrite SEV-SNP guest
memory resulting in loss of data integrity. (CVE-2024-36331)
Oleksii Oleksenko, Cedric Fournet, Jana Hofmann, Boris Köpf, Stavros Volos,
and Flavien Solt discovered that some AMD processors may allow an attacker
to infer data from previous stores, potentially resulting in the leakage of
privileged information. A local attacker could possibly use this to expose
sensitive information. (CVE-2024-36350, CVE-2024-36357)
Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
- ARM32 architecture;
-
OSV
linux-ibm, linux-ibm-6.8 vulnerabilities
osv·2026-02-24·CVSS 3.2
CVE-2024-36331 [LOW] linux-ibm, linux-ibm-6.8 vulnerabilities
linux-ibm, linux-ibm-6.8 vulnerabilities
It was discovered that improper initialization of CPU cache memory could
allow a local attacker with hypervisor access to overwrite SEV-SNP guest
memory resulting in loss of data integrity. (CVE-2024-36331)
Oleksii Oleksenko, Cedric Fournet, Jana Hofmann, Boris Köpf, Stavros Volos,
and Flavien Solt discovered that some AMD processors may allow an attacker
to infer data from previous stores, potentially resulting in the leakage of
privileged information. A local attacker could possibly use this to expose
sensitive information. (CVE-2024-36350, CVE-2024-36357)
Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
- ARM32 arc
OSV
linux-xilinx vulnerabilities
osv·2026-02-24·CVSS 3.2
CVE-2024-36331 [LOW] linux-xilinx vulnerabilities
linux-xilinx vulnerabilities
It was discovered that improper initialization of CPU cache memory could
allow a local attacker with hypervisor access to overwrite SEV-SNP guest
memory resulting in loss of data integrity. (CVE-2024-36331)
Oleksii Oleksenko, Cedric Fournet, Jana Hofmann, Boris Köpf, Stavros Volos,
and Flavien Solt discovered that some AMD processors may allow an attacker
to infer data from previous stores, potentially resulting in the leakage of
privileged information. A local attacker could possibly use this to expose
sensitive information. (CVE-2024-36350, CVE-2024-36357)
Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
- ARM32 architecture;
-
OSV
linux-hwe-6.8, linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 vulnerabilities
osv·2026-02-19·CVSS 3.2
CVE-2024-36331 [LOW] linux-hwe-6.8, linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 vulnerabilities
linux-hwe-6.8, linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 vulnerabilities
It was discovered that improper initialization of CPU cache memory could
allow a local attacker with hypervisor access to overwrite SEV-SNP guest
memory resulting in loss of data integrity. (CVE-2024-36331)
Oleksii Oleksenko, Cedric Fournet, Jana Hofmann, Boris Köpf, Stavros Volos,
and Flavien Solt discovered that some AMD processors may allow an attacker
to infer data from previous stores, potentially resulting in the leakage of
privileged information. A local attacker could possibly use this to expose
sensitive information. (CVE-2024-36350, CVE-2024-36357)
Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsyste
OSV
linux-gcp, linux-gke vulnerabilities
osv·2026-02-19·CVSS 3.2
CVE-2024-36331 [LOW] linux-gcp, linux-gke vulnerabilities
linux-gcp, linux-gke vulnerabilities
It was discovered that improper initialization of CPU cache memory could
allow a local attacker with hypervisor access to overwrite SEV-SNP guest
memory resulting in loss of data integrity. (CVE-2024-36331)
Oleksii Oleksenko, Cedric Fournet, Jana Hofmann, Boris Köpf, Stavros Volos,
and Flavien Solt discovered that some AMD processors may allow an attacker
to infer data from previous stores, potentially resulting in the leakage of
privileged information. A local attacker could possibly use this to expose
sensitive information. (CVE-2024-36350, CVE-2024-36357)
Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
- ARM32 archite
OSV
linux-nvidia-lowlatency vulnerabilities
osv·2026-02-19·CVSS 3.2
CVE-2024-36331 [LOW] linux-nvidia-lowlatency vulnerabilities
linux-nvidia-lowlatency vulnerabilities
It was discovered that improper initialization of CPU cache memory could
allow a local attacker with hypervisor access to overwrite SEV-SNP guest
memory resulting in loss of data integrity. (CVE-2024-36331)
Oleksii Oleksenko, Cedric Fournet, Jana Hofmann, Boris Köpf, Stavros Volos,
and Flavien Solt discovered that some AMD processors may allow an attacker
to infer data from previous stores, potentially resulting in the leakage of
privileged information. A local attacker could possibly use this to expose
sensitive information. (CVE-2024-36350, CVE-2024-36357)
Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
- ARM32 arch
OSV
linux-lowlatency vulnerabilities
osv·2026-02-19·CVSS 3.2
CVE-2024-36331 [LOW] linux-lowlatency vulnerabilities
linux-lowlatency vulnerabilities
It was discovered that improper initialization of CPU cache memory could
allow a local attacker with hypervisor access to overwrite SEV-SNP guest
memory resulting in loss of data integrity. (CVE-2024-36331)
Oleksii Oleksenko, Cedric Fournet, Jana Hofmann, Boris Köpf, Stavros Volos,
and Flavien Solt discovered that some AMD processors may allow an attacker
to infer data from previous stores, potentially resulting in the leakage of
privileged information. A local attacker could possibly use this to expose
sensitive information. (CVE-2024-36350, CVE-2024-36357)
Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
- ARM32 architectur
OSV
linux-gcp-fips vulnerabilities
osv·2026-02-18·CVSS 3.2
CVE-2024-36331 [LOW] linux-gcp-fips vulnerabilities
linux-gcp-fips vulnerabilities
It was discovered that improper initialization of CPU cache memory could
allow a local attacker with hypervisor access to overwrite SEV-SNP guest
memory resulting in loss of data integrity. (CVE-2024-36331)
Oleksii Oleksenko, Cedric Fournet, Jana Hofmann, Boris Köpf, Stavros Volos,
and Flavien Solt discovered that some AMD processors may allow an attacker
to infer data from previous stores, potentially resulting in the leakage of
privileged information. A local attacker could possibly use this to expose
sensitive information. (CVE-2024-36350, CVE-2024-36357)
Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
- ARM32 architecture;
OSV
linux-aws-fips, linux-fips vulnerabilities
osv·2026-02-17·CVSS 3.2
CVE-2024-36331 [LOW] linux-aws-fips, linux-fips vulnerabilities
linux-aws-fips, linux-fips vulnerabilities
It was discovered that improper initialization of CPU cache memory could
allow a local attacker with hypervisor access to overwrite SEV-SNP guest
memory resulting in loss of data integrity. (CVE-2024-36331)
Oleksii Oleksenko, Cedric Fournet, Jana Hofmann, Boris Köpf, Stavros Volos,
and Flavien Solt discovered that some AMD processors may allow an attacker
to infer data from previous stores, potentially resulting in the leakage of
privileged information. A local attacker could possibly use this to expose
sensitive information. (CVE-2024-36350, CVE-2024-36357)
Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
- ARM32 a
OSV
linux-realtime, linux-raspi-realtime vulnerabilities
osv·2026-02-17·CVSS 3.2
CVE-2024-36331 [LOW] linux-realtime, linux-raspi-realtime vulnerabilities
linux-realtime, linux-raspi-realtime vulnerabilities
It was discovered that improper initialization of CPU cache memory could
allow a local attacker with hypervisor access to overwrite SEV-SNP guest
memory resulting in loss of data integrity. (CVE-2024-36331)
Oleksii Oleksenko, Cedric Fournet, Jana Hofmann, Boris Köpf, Stavros Volos,
and Flavien Solt discovered that some AMD processors may allow an attacker
to infer data from previous stores, potentially resulting in the leakage of
privileged information. A local attacker could possibly use this to expose
sensitive information. (CVE-2024-36350, CVE-2024-36357)
Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
OSV
linux-aws, linux-aws-6.8, linux-gkeop, linux-nvidia, linux-nvidia-6.8, linux-oracle, linux-oracle-6.8 vulnerabilities
osv·2026-02-17·CVSS 3.2
CVE-2024-36331 [LOW] linux-aws, linux-aws-6.8, linux-gkeop, linux-nvidia, linux-nvidia-6.8, linux-oracle, linux-oracle-6.8 vulnerabilities
linux-aws, linux-aws-6.8, linux-gkeop, linux-nvidia, linux-nvidia-6.8, linux-oracle, linux-oracle-6.8 vulnerabilities
It was discovered that improper initialization of CPU cache memory could
allow a local attacker with hypervisor access to overwrite SEV-SNP guest
memory resulting in loss of data integrity. (CVE-2024-36331)
Oleksii Oleksenko, Cedric Fournet, Jana Hofmann, Boris Köpf, Stavros Volos,
and Flavien Solt discovered that some AMD processors may allow an attacker
to infer data from previous stores, potentially resulting in the leakage of
privileged information. A local attacker could possibly use this to expose
sensitive information. (CVE-2024-36350, CVE-2024-36357)
Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise th
OSV
linux-gcp-6.8 vulnerabilities
osv·2026-02-12·CVSS 3.2
CVE-2024-36331 [LOW] linux-gcp-6.8 vulnerabilities
linux-gcp-6.8 vulnerabilities
It was discovered that improper initialization of CPU cache memory could
allow a local attacker with hypervisor access to overwrite SEV-SNP guest
memory resulting in loss of data integrity. (CVE-2024-36331)
Oleksii Oleksenko, Cedric Fournet, Jana Hofmann, Boris Köpf, Stavros Volos,
and Flavien Solt discovered that some AMD processors may allow an attacker
to infer data from previous stores, potentially resulting in the leakage of
privileged information. A local attacker could possibly use this to expose
sensitive information. (CVE-2024-36350, CVE-2024-36357)
Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
- ARM32 architecture;
OSV
linux-realtime-6.8 vulnerabilities
osv·2026-02-12·CVSS 3.2
CVE-2024-36331 [LOW] linux-realtime-6.8 vulnerabilities
linux-realtime-6.8 vulnerabilities
It was discovered that improper initialization of CPU cache memory could
allow a local attacker with hypervisor access to overwrite SEV-SNP guest
memory resulting in loss of data integrity. (CVE-2024-36331)
Oleksii Oleksenko, Cedric Fournet, Jana Hofmann, Boris Köpf, Stavros Volos,
and Flavien Solt discovered that some AMD processors may allow an attacker
to infer data from previous stores, potentially resulting in the leakage of
privileged information. A local attacker could possibly use this to expose
sensitive information. (CVE-2024-36350, CVE-2024-36357)
Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
- ARM32 architect
OSV
linux, linux-raspi vulnerabilities
osv·2026-02-11·CVSS 3.2
CVE-2024-36331 [LOW] linux, linux-raspi vulnerabilities
linux, linux-raspi vulnerabilities
It was discovered that improper initialization of CPU cache memory could
allow a local attacker with hypervisor access to overwrite SEV-SNP guest
memory resulting in loss of data integrity. (CVE-2024-36331)
Oleksii Oleksenko, Cedric Fournet, Jana Hofmann, Boris Köpf, Stavros Volos,
and Flavien Solt discovered that some AMD processors may allow an attacker
to infer data from previous stores, potentially resulting in the leakage of
privileged information. A local attacker could possibly use this to expose
sensitive information. (CVE-2024-36350, CVE-2024-36357)
Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
- ARM32 architect
OSV
linux-azure, linux-azure-6.14 vulnerabilities
osv·2025-12-15·CVSS 3.2
CVE-2024-36331 [LOW] linux-azure, linux-azure-6.14 vulnerabilities
linux-azure, linux-azure-6.14 vulnerabilities
It was discovered that improper initialization of CPU cache memory could
allow a local attacker with hypervisor access to overwrite SEV-SNP guest
memory resulting in loss of data integrity. (CVE-2024-36331)
Jean-Claude Graf, Sandro Rüegge, Ali Hajiabadi, and Kaveh Razavi discovered
that the Linux kernel contained insufficient branch predictor isolation
between a guest and a userspace hypervisor for certain processors. This
flaw is known as VMSCAPE. An attacker in a guest VM could possibly use this
to expose sensitive information from the host OS. (CVE-2025-40300)
Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
-
OSV
linux-gcp-6.14, linux-raspi vulnerabilities
osv·2025-12-04·CVSS 3.2
CVE-2024-36331 [LOW] linux-gcp-6.14, linux-raspi vulnerabilities
linux-gcp-6.14, linux-raspi vulnerabilities
It was discovered that improper initialization of CPU cache memory could
allow a local attacker with hypervisor access to overwrite SEV-SNP guest
memory resulting in loss of data integrity. (CVE-2024-36331)
Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
- ARM64 architecture;
- PowerPC architecture;
- S390 architecture;
- x86 architecture;
- Network block device driver;
- Character device driver;
- Clock framework and drivers;
- Data acquisition framework and drivers;
- Hardware crypto device drivers;
- Device frequency scaling framework;
- DMA engine subsystem;
- EDAC drivers;
- GPU drivers;
- HID subsystem;
- Har
OSV
CVE-2025-38349: In multiple functions of eventpoll
osv·2025-12-01
CVE-2025-38349 CVE-2025-38349: In multiple functions of eventpoll
In multiple functions of eventpoll.c, there is a possible use after free due to a logic error in the code. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.
OSV
linux-aws-6.14, linux-oracle-6.14 vulnerabilities
osv·2025-11-26·CVSS 3.2
CVE-2024-36331 [LOW] linux-aws-6.14, linux-oracle-6.14 vulnerabilities
linux-aws-6.14, linux-oracle-6.14 vulnerabilities
It was discovered that improper initialization of CPU cache memory could
allow a local attacker with hypervisor access to overwrite SEV-SNP guest
memory resulting in loss of data integrity. (CVE-2024-36331)
Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
- ARM64 architecture;
- PowerPC architecture;
- S390 architecture;
- x86 architecture;
- Network block device driver;
- Character device driver;
- Clock framework and drivers;
- Data acquisition framework and drivers;
- Hardware crypto device drivers;
- Device frequency scaling framework;
- DMA engine subsystem;
- EDAC drivers;
- GPU drivers;
- HID subsystem;
OSV
linux-oem-6.14 vulnerabilities
osv·2025-11-21·CVSS 3.2
CVE-2024-36331 [LOW] linux-oem-6.14 vulnerabilities
linux-oem-6.14 vulnerabilities
It was discovered that improper initialization of CPU cache memory could
allow a local attacker with hypervisor access to overwrite SEV-SNP guest
memory resulting in loss of data integrity. (CVE-2024-36331)
Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
- ARM64 architecture;
- PowerPC architecture;
- S390 architecture;
- x86 architecture;
- Network block device driver;
- Character device driver;
- Clock framework and drivers;
- Data acquisition framework and drivers;
- Hardware crypto device drivers;
- Device frequency scaling framework;
- DMA engine subsystem;
- GPU drivers;
- HID subsystem;
- Hardware monitoring drivers;
- I
OSV
linux, linux-aws, linux-gcp, linux-hwe-6.14, linux-oracle, linux-realtime vulnerabilities
osv·2025-11-21·CVSS 3.2
CVE-2024-36331 [LOW] linux, linux-aws, linux-gcp, linux-hwe-6.14, linux-oracle, linux-realtime vulnerabilities
linux, linux-aws, linux-gcp, linux-hwe-6.14, linux-oracle, linux-realtime vulnerabilities
It was discovered that improper initialization of CPU cache memory could
allow a local attacker with hypervisor access to overwrite SEV-SNP guest
memory resulting in loss of data integrity. (CVE-2024-36331)
Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
- ARM64 architecture;
- PowerPC architecture;
- S390 architecture;
- x86 architecture;
- Network block device driver;
- Character device driver;
- Clock framework and drivers;
- Data acquisition framework and drivers;
- Hardware crypto device drivers;
- Device frequency scaling framework;
- DMA engine subsystem;
- EDAC
OSV
linux-realtime-6.14 vulnerabilities
osv·2025-11-21·CVSS 3.2
CVE-2024-36331 [LOW] linux-realtime-6.14 vulnerabilities
linux-realtime-6.14 vulnerabilities
It was discovered that improper initialization of CPU cache memory could
allow a local attacker with hypervisor access to overwrite SEV-SNP guest
memory resulting in loss of data integrity. (CVE-2024-36331)
Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
- ARM64 architecture;
- PowerPC architecture;
- S390 architecture;
- x86 architecture;
- Network block device driver;
- Character device driver;
- Clock framework and drivers;
- Data acquisition framework and drivers;
- Hardware crypto device drivers;
- Device frequency scaling framework;
- DMA engine subsystem;
- EDAC drivers;
- GPU drivers;
- HID subsystem;
- Hardware mo
OSV
CVE-2025-38349: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: eventpoll: don't decrement ep refcount while still holding the ep mutex Jann Horn
osv·2025-07-18·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2025-38349 [HIGH] CVE-2025-38349: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: eventpoll: don't decrement ep refcount while still holding the ep mutex Jann Horn
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: eventpoll: don't decrement ep refcount while still holding the ep mutex Jann Horn points out that epoll is decrementing the ep refcount and then doing a mutex_unlock(&ep->mtx); afterwards. That's very wrong, because it can lead to a use-after-free. That pattern is actually fine for the very last reference, because the code in question will delay the actual call to "ep_free(ep)" until after it has unlocked the mutex. But it's wrong for the much subtler "next to last" case when somebody *else* may also be dropping their reference and free the ep while we're still using the mutex. Note that this is true even if that other user is also using the same ep mutex: mutexes, unlike spinlocks, can not be used for object ownership, ev
GHSA
GHSA-c7h3-7f54-949m: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
eventpoll: don't decrement ep refcount while still holding the ep mutex
Jann Hor
ghsa_unreviewed·2025-07-18
CVE-2025-38349 [HIGH] CWE-416 GHSA-c7h3-7f54-949m: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
eventpoll: don't decrement ep refcount while still holding the ep mutex
Jann Hor
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
eventpoll: don't decrement ep refcount while still holding the ep mutex
Jann Horn points out that epoll is decrementing the ep refcount and then
doing a
mutex_unlock(&ep->mtx);
afterwards. That's very wrong, because it can lead to a use-after-free.
That pattern is actually fine for the very last reference, because the
code in question will delay the actual call to "ep_free(ep)" until after
it has unlocked the mutex.
But it's wrong for the much subtler "next to last" case when somebody
*else* may also be dropping their reference and free the ep while we're
still using the mutex.
Note that this is true even if that other user is also using the same ep
mutex: mutexes, unlike spinlocks, can not be used for object owners
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/521e9ff0b67c66a17d6f9593dfccafaa984aae4chttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/605c18698ecfa99165f36b7f59d3ed503e169814https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6dee745bd0aec9d399df674256e7b1ecdb615444https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8c2e52ebbe885c7eeaabd3b7ddcdc1246fc400d2https://project-zero.issues.chromium.org/issues/430541637
2025-07-18
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