CVE-2025-39886 — Linux vulnerability
23 documents7 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV3.2
EPSS
0.0%
top 95.62%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedSep 23
Latest updateApr 9
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
bpf: Tell memcg to use allow_spinning=false path in bpf_timer_init()
Currently, calling bpf_map_kmalloc_node() from __bpf_async_init() can
cause various locking issues; see the following stack trace (edited for
style) as one example:
...
[10.011566] do_raw_spin_lock.cold
[10.011570] try_to_wake_up (5) double-acquiring the same
[10.011575] kick_pool rq_lock, causing a hardlockup
[10.011579] __queue_work
[10.011582] queue_work_…
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