ghsa-vjcw-7f57-9vvv
Vulnerability from github
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
kasan: remove kasan_find_vm_area() to prevent possible deadlock
find_vm_area() couldn't be called in atomic_context. If find_vm_area() is called to reports vm area information, kasan can trigger deadlock like:
CPU0 CPU1 vmalloc(); alloc_vmap_area(); spin_lock(&vn->busy.lock) spin_lock_bh(&some_lock); spin_lock(&some_lock); kasan_report(); print_report(); print_address_description(); kasan_find_vm_area(); find_vm_area(); spin_lock(&vn->busy.lock) // deadlock!
To prevent possible deadlock while kasan reports, remove kasan_find_vm_area().
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-38510"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-08-16T11:15:44Z",
"severity": null
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nkasan: remove kasan_find_vm_area() to prevent possible deadlock\n\nfind_vm_area() couldn\u0027t be called in atomic_context. If find_vm_area() is\ncalled to reports vm area information, kasan can trigger deadlock like:\n\nCPU0 CPU1\nvmalloc();\n alloc_vmap_area();\n spin_lock(\u0026vn-\u003ebusy.lock)\n spin_lock_bh(\u0026some_lock);\n \u003cinterrupt occurs\u003e\n \u003cin softirq\u003e\n spin_lock(\u0026some_lock);\n \u003caccess invalid address\u003e\n kasan_report();\n print_report();\n print_address_description();\n kasan_find_vm_area();\n find_vm_area();\n spin_lock(\u0026vn-\u003ebusy.lock) // deadlock!\n\nTo prevent possible deadlock while kasan reports, remove kasan_find_vm_area().",
"id": "GHSA-vjcw-7f57-9vvv",
"modified": "2025-08-16T12:30:32Z",
"published": "2025-08-16T12:30:32Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-38510"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c3566d831def922cd56322c772a7b20d8b0e0c0"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d89dab1ea6086e6cbe6fe92531b496fb6808cb9"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/595f78d99b9051600233c0a5c4c47e1097e6ed01"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6ee9b3d84775944fb8c8a447961cd01274ac671c"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8377d7744bdce5c4b3f1b58924eebd3fdc078dfc"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
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