{"cve":"CVE-2025-38023","nvd":{"published":"2025-06-18T10:15:34.100","modified":"2026-06-17T09:15:54.123","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnfs: handle failure of nfs_get_lock_context in unlock path\n\nWhen memory is insufficient, the allocation of nfs_lock_context in\nnfs_get_lock_context() fails and returns -ENOMEM. If we mistakenly treat\nan nfs4_unlockdata structure (whose l_ctx member has been set to -ENOMEM)\nas valid and proceed to execute rpc_run_task(), this will trigger a NULL\npointer dereference in nfs4_locku_prepare. For example:\n\nBUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 000000000000000c\nPGD 0 P4D 0\nOops: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP PTI\nCPU: 15 UID: 0 PID: 12 Comm: kworker/u64:0 Not tainted 6.15.0-rc2-dirty #60\nHardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.16.3-2.fc40\nWorkqueue: rpciod rpc_async_schedule\nRIP: 0010:nfs4_locku_prepare+0x35/0xc2\nCode: 89 f2 48 89 fd 48 c7 c7 68 69 ef b5 53 48 8b 8e 90 00 00 00 48 89 f3\nRSP: 0018:ffffbbafc006bdb8 EFLAGS: 00010246\nRAX: 000000000000004b RBX: ffff9b964fc1fa00 RCX: 0000000000000000\nRDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: fffffffffffffff4 RDI: ffff9ba53fddbf40\nRBP: ffff9ba539934000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffffbbafc006bc38\nR10: ffffffffb6b689c8 R11: 0000000000000003 R12: ffff9ba539934030\nR13: 0000000000000001 R14: 0000000004248060 R15: ffffffffb56d1c30\nFS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff9ba5881f0000(0000) knlGS:00000000\nCS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\nCR2: 000000000000000c CR3: 000000093f244000 CR4: 00000000000006f0\nCall Trace:\n <TASK>\n __rpc_execute+0xbc/0x480\n rpc_async_schedule+0x2f/0x40\n process_one_work+0x232/0x5d0\n worker_thread+0x1da/0x3d0\n ? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10\n kthread+0x10d/0x240\n ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10\n ret_from_fork+0x34/0x50\n ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10\n ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30\n </TASK>\nModules linked in:\nCR2: 000000000000000c\n---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---\n\nFree the allocated nfs4_unlockdata when nfs_get_lock_context() fails and\nreturn NULL to terminate subsequent rpc_run_task, preventing NULL pointer\ndereference.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-476"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c189fd40a09a03f9a900bedb2d9064f1734d72a","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/72f552e00c50f265896d3c19edc6696aa2910081","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/85fb7f8ca5f8c138579fdfc9b97b3083e6077d40","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a6879a076b98c99c9fe747816fe1c29543442441","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c457dc1ec770a22636b473ce5d35614adfe97636"],"products":["debian:debian_linux","linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:03:23.287444849+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-38023","score":0.0023,"percentile":0.13831,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}