CVE-2025-38525 — Missing Synchronization in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV3.2
EPSS
0.0%
top 94.42%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedAug 16
Latest updateDec 15
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
rxrpc: Fix irq-disabled in local_bh_enable()
The rxrpc_assess_MTU_size() function calls down into the IP layer to find
out the MTU size for a route. When accepting an incoming call, this is
called from rxrpc_new_incoming_call() which holds interrupts disabled
across the code that calls down to it. Unfortunately, the IP layer uses
local_bh_enable() which, config dependent, throws a warning if IRQs are
enabled:
WARNING: CPU: 1 …
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
Affected Packages3 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linuxa2ea9a9072607c2fd6442bd1ffb4dbdbf882aed7 — 2029f21f10dedb88c0f86abffcf8d6c21dcf6040+2
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
8OSV▶
linux, linux-aws, linux-gcp, linux-hwe-6.14, linux-oracle, linux-realtime vulnerabilities↗2025-11-21