{"cve":"CVE-2025-38383","nvd":{"published":"2025-07-25T13:15:27.520","modified":"2026-06-17T09:16:44.817","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmm/vmalloc: fix data race in show_numa_info()\n\nThe following data-race was found in show_numa_info():\n\n==================================================================\nBUG: KCSAN: data-race in vmalloc_info_show / vmalloc_info_show\n\nread to 0xffff88800971fe30 of 4 bytes by task 8289 on cpu 0:\n show_numa_info mm/vmalloc.c:4936 [inline]\n vmalloc_info_show+0x5a8/0x7e0 mm/vmalloc.c:5016\n seq_read_iter+0x373/0xb40 fs/seq_file.c:230\n proc_reg_read_iter+0x11e/0x170 fs/proc/inode.c:299\n....\n\nwrite to 0xffff88800971fe30 of 4 bytes by task 8287 on cpu 1:\n show_numa_info mm/vmalloc.c:4934 [inline]\n vmalloc_info_show+0x38f/0x7e0 mm/vmalloc.c:5016\n seq_read_iter+0x373/0xb40 fs/seq_file.c:230\n proc_reg_read_iter+0x11e/0x170 fs/proc/inode.c:299\n....\n\nvalue changed: 0x0000008f -> 0x00000000\n==================================================================\n\nAccording to this report,there is a read/write data-race because\nm->private is accessible to multiple CPUs.  To fix this, instead of\nallocating the heap in proc_vmalloc_init() and passing the heap address to\nm->private, vmalloc_info_show() should allocate the heap.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":4.7},"cwes":["CWE-362"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5c5f0468d172ddec2e333d738d2a1f85402cf0bc","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5c966f447a584ece3c70395898231aeb56256ee7","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ead91de35d9cd5c4f80ec51e6020f342079170af"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:05:46.678065081+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-38383","score":0.00134,"percentile":0.0292,"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."]}