CVE-2025-38393Race Condition in Linux

Severity
4.7MEDIUMNVD
OSV5.6OSV3.2
EPSS
0.0%
top 95.81%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedJul 25
Latest updateMar 25

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: NFSv4/pNFS: Fix a race to wake on NFS_LAYOUT_DRAIN We found a few different systems hung up in writeback waiting on the same page lock, and one task waiting on the NFS_LAYOUT_DRAIN bit in pnfs_update_layout(), however the pnfs_layout_hdr's plh_outstanding count was zero. It seems most likely that this is another race between the waiter and waker similar to commit ed0172af5d6f ("SUNRPC: Fix a race to wake a sync task"). Fix it

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 Packages4 packages

NVDlinux/linux_kernel5.10.1245.10.240+8
Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.10.244-1+3
Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 5.15.0-156.166+1
CVEListV5linux/linux8acc3e228e1c90bd410f73597a4549e0409f22d608287df60bac5b008b6bcdb03053988335d3d282+8

Also affects: Debian Linux 11.0

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

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CVE-2025-38393 — Race Condition in Linux | cvebase