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CVE-2025-38539
published 2025-08-16

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 is loaded…

medium5.5CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCNINAH
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 crash the kernel. The addition of the event should take the trace_event_sem for write while it adds the new event. Also add a lockdep_assert_held() on that semaphore in __trace_add_event_dirs() as it iterates the list.

Affected

38 ranges· showing 25
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debiandebian_linux
debianlinux< linux 6.1.147-1 (bookworm)linux 6.1.147-1 (bookworm)
debianlinux-6.1< linux 6.1.147-1 (bookworm)linux 6.1.147-1 (bookworm)
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= 110bf2b764eb6026b868d84499263cb24b1bcc8d < e70f5ee4c8824736332351b703c46f9469ed7f6ce70f5ee4c8824736332351b703c46f9469ed7f6c
linuxlinux>= 110bf2b764eb6026b868d84499263cb24b1bcc8d < db45632479ceecb669612ed8dbce927e3c6279fcdb45632479ceecb669612ed8dbce927e3c6279fc
linuxlinux>= 110bf2b764eb6026b868d84499263cb24b1bcc8d < ca60064ea03f14e06c763de018403cb56ba3207dca60064ea03f14e06c763de018403cb56ba3207d
linuxlinux>= 110bf2b764eb6026b868d84499263cb24b1bcc8d < 7803b28c9aa8d8bd4e19ebcf5f0db9612b0f333b7803b28c9aa8d8bd4e19ebcf5f0db9612b0f333b
linuxlinux>= 110bf2b764eb6026b868d84499263cb24b1bcc8d < 6bc94f20a4c304997288f9a45278c9d0c06987d36bc94f20a4c304997288f9a45278c9d0c06987d3
linuxlinux>= 110bf2b764eb6026b868d84499263cb24b1bcc8d < 33e20747b47ddc03569b6bc27a2d6894c142818233e20747b47ddc03569b6bc27a2d6894c1428182
linuxlinux>= 110bf2b764eb6026b868d84499263cb24b1bcc8d < 70fecd519caad0c1741c3379d5348c9000a5b29d70fecd519caad0c1741c3379d5348c9000a5b29d
linuxlinux>= 110bf2b764eb6026b868d84499263cb24b1bcc8d < b5e8acc14dcb314a9b61ff19dcd9fdd0d88f70dfb5e8acc14dcb314a9b61ff19dcd9fdd0d88f70df
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.10.244-15.10.244-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.1.147-16.1.147-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.12.41-16.12.41-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.16.3-16.16.3-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.15.0-163.1735.15.0-163.173
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.8.0-100.1006.8.0-100.100
linuxlinux_kernel>= 2.6.31 < 5.4.2975.4.297
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.11 < 5.15.1905.15.190
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.16 < 6.1.1476.1.147
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.5 < 5.10.2415.10.241
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.13 < 6.15.86.15.8
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.2 < 6.6.1006.6.100

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
CVE-2025-38539 — Race Condition in Linux | cvebase