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CVE-2025-38245

HIGH · 7.8 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-07-09
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 5.4.296 / 5.10.240 or later.
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80/100
Remediation priority · High
Zero-click Patch available

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NVD · unedited
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: atm: Release atm_dev_mutex after removing procfs in atm_dev_deregister(). syzbot reported a warning below during atm_dev_register(). [0] Before creating a new device and procfs/sysfs for it, atm_dev_register() looks up a duplicated device by __atm_dev_lookup(). These operations are done under atm_dev_mutex. However, when removing a device in atm_dev_deregister(), it releases the mutex just after removing the device from the list that __atm_dev_lookup() iterates over. So, there will be a small race window where the device does not exist on the device list but procfs/sysfs are still not removed, triggering the splat. Let's hold the mutex until procfs/sysfs are removed in atm_dev_deregister(). [0]: proc_dir_entry 'atm/atmtcp:0' already registered WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 5919 at fs/proc/generic.c:377 proc_register+0x455/0x5f0 fs/proc/generic.c:377 Modules linked in: CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5919 Comm: syz-executor284 Not tainted 6.16.0-rc2-syzkaller-00047-g52da431bf03b #0 PREEMPT(full) Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 05/07/2025 RIP: 0010:proc_register+0x455/0x5f0 fs/proc/generic.c:377 Code: 48 89 f9 48 c1 e9 03 80 3c 01 00 0f 85 a2 01 00 00 48 8b 44 24 10 48 c7 c7 20 c0 c2 8b 48 8b b0 d8 00 00 00 e8 0c 02 1c ff 90 <0f> 0b 90 90 48 c7 c7 80 f2 82 8e e8 0b de 23 09 48 8b 4c 24 28 48 RSP: 0018:ffffc9000466fa30 EFLAGS: 00010282 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffffffff817ae248 RDX: ffff888026280000 RSI: ffffffff817ae255 RDI: 0000000000000001 RBP: ffff8880232bed48 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: ffff888076ed2140 R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: ffff888078a61340 R15: ffffed100edda444 FS: 00007f38b3b0c6c0(0000) GS:ffff888124753000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00007f38b3bdf953 CR3: 0000000076d58000 CR4: 00000000003526f0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Call Trace: <TASK> proc_create_data+0xbe/0x110 fs/proc/generic.c:585 atm_proc_dev_register+0x112/0x1e0 net/atm/proc.c:361 atm_dev_register+0x46d/0x890 net/atm/resources.c:113 atmtcp_create+0x77/0x210 drivers/atm/atmtcp.c:369 atmtcp_attach drivers/atm/atmtcp.c:403 [inline] atmtcp_ioctl+0x2f9/0xd60 drivers/atm/atmtcp.c:464 do_vcc_ioctl+0x12c/0x930 net/atm/ioctl.c:159 sock_do_ioctl+0x115/0x280 net/socket.c:1190 sock_ioctl+0x227/0x6b0 net/socket.c:1311 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline] __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:907 [inline] __se_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:893 [inline] __x64_sys_ioctl+0x18b/0x210 fs/ioctl.c:893 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xcd/0x4c0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f RIP: 0033:0x7f38b3b74459 Code: 28 00 00 00 75 05 48 83 c4 28 c3 e8 51 18 00 00 90 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 b0 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48 RSP: 002b:00007f38b3b0c198 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010 RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f38b3bfe318 RCX: 00007f38b3b74459 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000006180 RDI: 0000000000000005 RBP: 00007f38b3bfe310 R08: 65732f636f72702f R09: 65732f636f72702f R10: 65732f636f72702f R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00007f38b3bcb0ac R13: 00007f38b3b0c1a0 R14: 0000200000000200 R15: 00007f38b3bcb03b </TASK>

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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Linux KernelOperating system
Affected:>= 2.6.16, < 5.4.296>= 5.5, < 5.10.240>= 5.11, < 5.15.187>= 5.16, < 6.1.143>= 6.2, < 6.6.96>= 6.7, < 6.12.36>= 6.13, < 6.15.5= 2.6.15= 6.16
Debian LinuxOperating system
Affected:= 11.0

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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dbcve · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to 5.4.296 / 5.10.240 / 5.15.187 or later
Fixed in 5.4.2965.10.2405.15.187
Vendor patch git.kernel.org →
Recommended fix High confidence

Upgrade to Linux kernel 5.4.296, 5.10.240, 5.15.187, or 6.1.143 (or later stable releases). For Debian 11, apply Debian LTS kernel updates.

  1. Identify the currently running kernel version using `uname -r`
  2. For Debian 11 systems: Run `apt update && apt list --upgradable` to check for available kernel updates
  3. Upgrade the kernel package: `apt install linux-image-<version>` where <version> is a version >= 5.10.240, 5.15.187, or 6.1.143 (whichever is applicable to your distribution)
  4. Reboot the system to load the fixed kernel: `systemctl reboot`
  5. Verify the fix is applied by checking the kernel version after reboot with `uname -r`
Caveat Kernel upgrades may require driver rebuilds for out-of-tree modules; ensure critical modules are compatible before rebooting

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