CVE-2025-38649 — Infinite Loop in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV3.2
EPSS
0.0%
top 99.28%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedAug 22
Latest updateDec 15
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
arm64: dts: qcom: qcs615: fix a crash issue caused by infinite loop for Coresight
An infinite loop has been created by the Coresight devices. When only a
source device is enabled, the coresight_find_activated_sysfs_sink function
is recursively invoked in an attempt to locate an active sink device,
ultimately leading to a stack overflow and system crash. Therefore, disable
the replicator1 to break the infinite loop and prevent …
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/linuxbf469630552a3950d0370dd5fd1f9bf0145d09d5 — a9aaadcb0a6ce0c19616c46525112bc947c6f2b1+3
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
8OSV▶
linux, linux-aws, linux-gcp, linux-hwe-6.14, linux-oracle, linux-realtime vulnerabilities↗2025-11-21