CVE-2025-38640 — Race Condition within a Thread in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV3.2
EPSS
0.0%
top 95.66%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedAug 22
Latest updateMar 25
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
bpf: Disable migration in nf_hook_run_bpf().
syzbot reported that the netfilter bpf prog can be called without
migration disabled in xmit path.
Then the assertion in __bpf_prog_run() fails, triggering the splat
below. [0]
Let's use bpf_prog_run_pin_on_cpu() in nf_hook_run_bpf().
[0]:
BUG: assuming non migratable context at ./include/linux/filter.h:703
in_atomic(): 0, irqs_disabled(): 0, migration_disabled() 0 pid: 5829, nam…
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