CVE-2025-38435 (GCVE-0-2025-38435)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-07-25 14:32
Modified
2025-07-28 04:22
Severity ?
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: riscv: vector: Fix context save/restore with xtheadvector Previously only v0-v7 were correctly saved/restored, and the context of v8-v31 are damanged. Correctly save/restore v8-v31 to avoid breaking userspace.
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Linux Linux Version: d863910eabaffc68eb28aaf476dd870fc3f7197d
Version: d863910eabaffc68eb28aaf476dd870fc3f7197d
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