{"cve":"CVE-2025-38510","nvd":{"published":"2025-08-16T11:15:44.010","modified":"2026-06-17T09:17:00.893","status":"Analyzed","description":"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't 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(&vn->busy.lock)\n                                    spin_lock_bh(&some_lock);\n   <interrupt occurs>\n   <in softirq>\n   spin_lock(&some_lock);\n                                    <access invalid address>\n                                    kasan_report();\n                                     print_report();\n                                      print_address_description();\n                                       kasan_find_vm_area();\n                                        find_vm_area();\n                                         spin_lock(&vn->busy.lock) // deadlock!\n\nTo prevent possible deadlock while kasan reports, remove kasan_find_vm_area().","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/0c3566d831def922cd56322c772a7b20d8b0e0c0","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d89dab1ea6086e6cbe6fe92531b496fb6808cb9","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/595f78d99b9051600233c0a5c4c47e1097e6ed01","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6ee9b3d84775944fb8c8a447961cd01274ac671c","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8377d7744bdce5c4b3f1b58924eebd3fdc078dfc"],"products":["debian:debian_linux","linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:06:45.861874017+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-38510","score":0.00156,"percentile":0.04717,"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."]}