CVE-2025-38539Race Condition in Linux

CWE-362Race Condition35 documents8 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 96.43%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedAug 16
Latest updateMar 25

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tracing: Add down_write(trace_event_sem) when adding trace event When a module is loaded, it adds trace events defined by the module. It may also need to modify the modules trace printk formats to replace enum names with their values. If two modules are loaded at the same time, the adding of the event to the ftrace_events list can corrupt the walking of the list in the code that is modifying the printk format strings and cras

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

NVDlinux/linux_kernel2.6.315.4.297+7
Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.10.244-1+3
CVEListV5linux/linux110bf2b764eb6026b868d84499263cb24b1bcc8de70f5ee4c8824736332351b703c46f9469ed7f6c+8

Also affects: Debian Linux 11.0

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-jgp9-rwc2-m645: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tracing: Add down_write(trace_event_sem) when adding trace event When a module i2025-08-16
OSV
CVE-2025-38539: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tracing: Add down_write(trace_event_sem) when adding trace event When a module is2025-08-16
CVEList
tracing: Add down_write(trace_event_sem) when adding trace event2025-08-16

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