CVE-2025-38670 — Resource Exposure in Linux
Severity
7.1HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 95.84%
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:
arm64/entry: Mask DAIF in cpu_switch_to(), call_on_irq_stack()
`cpu_switch_to()` and `call_on_irq_stack()` manipulate SP to change
to different stacks along with the Shadow Call Stack if it is enabled.
Those two stack changes cannot be done atomically and both functions
can be interrupted by SErrors or Debug Exceptions which, though unlikely,
is very much broken : if interrupted, we can end up with mismatched stacks
and Shadow…
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.2
Affected Packages3 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linux3f225f29c69c13ce1cbdb1d607a42efeef080056 — f7e0231eeaa33245c649fac0303cf97209605446+8
Also affects: Debian Linux 11.0
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
3OSV▶
CVE-2025-38670: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: arm64/entry: Mask DAIF in cpu_switch_to(), call_on_irq_stack() `cpu_switch_to()` a↗2025-08-22
GHSA▶
GHSA-6v6p-g835-47x6: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
arm64/entry: Mask DAIF in cpu_switch_to(), call_on_irq_stack()
`cpu_switch_to()`↗2025-08-22