{"cve":"CVE-2025-38031","nvd":{"published":"2025-06-18T10:15:35.230","modified":"2026-06-17T09:15:54.870","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\npadata: do not leak refcount in reorder_work\n\nA recent patch that addressed a UAF introduced a reference count leak:\nthe parallel_data refcount is incremented unconditionally, regardless\nof the return value of queue_work(). If the work item is already queued,\nthe incremented refcount is never decremented.\n\nFix this by checking the return value of queue_work() and decrementing\nthe refcount when necessary.\n\nResolves:\n\nUnreferenced object 0xffff9d9f421e3d80 (size 192):\n  comm \"cryptomgr_probe\", pid 157, jiffies 4294694003\n  hex dump (first 32 bytes):\n    80 8b cf 41 9f 9d ff ff b8 97 e0 89 ff ff ff ff  ...A............\n    d0 97 e0 89 ff ff ff ff 19 00 00 00 1f 88 23 00  ..............#.\n  backtrace (crc 838fb36):\n    __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x284/0x320\n    padata_alloc_pd+0x20/0x1e0\n    padata_alloc_shell+0x3b/0xa0\n    0xffffffffc040a54d\n    cryptomgr_probe+0x43/0xc0\n    kthread+0xf6/0x1f0\n    ret_from_fork+0x2f/0x50\n    ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30","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":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1a426abdf1c86882c9203dd8182f3b8274b89938","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1c65ae4988714716101555fe2b9830e33136d6fb","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5300e487487d7a2e3e1e6e9d8f03ed9452e4019e","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/584a729615fa92f4de45480efb7e569d14be1516","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b9ad8e50e8589607e68e6c4cefa7f72bf35a2cb1"],"products":["debian:debian_linux","linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:03:23.287444849+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-38031","score":0.00208,"percentile":0.109,"date":"2026-11-01"},"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."]}