{"cve":"CVE-2025-38704","nvd":{"published":"2025-09-04T16:15:39.263","modified":"2026-10-19T21:10:00.160","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nrcu/nocb: Fix possible invalid rdp's->nocb_cb_kthread pointer access\n\nIn the preparation stage of CPU online, if the corresponding\nthe rdp's->nocb_cb_kthread does not exist, will be created,\nthere is a situation where the rdp's rcuop kthreads creation fails,\nand then de-offload this CPU's rdp, does not assign this CPU's\nrdp->nocb_cb_kthread pointer, but this rdp's->nocb_gp_rdp and\nrdp's->rdp_gp->nocb_gp_kthread is still valid.\n\nThis will cause the subsequent re-offload operation of this offline\nCPU, which will pass the conditional check and the kthread_unpark()\nwill access invalid rdp's->nocb_cb_kthread pointer.\n\nThis commit therefore use rdp's->nocb_gp_kthread instead of\nrdp_gp's->nocb_gp_kthread for safety check.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1bba3900ca18bdae28d1b9fa10f16a8f8cb2ada1","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1c951683a720b17c9ecaad1932bc95b29044611f","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3da45ec1e485a1a5ad31fe9ddd467c7ee5ae4ef9","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b5ec8e6b31755288a07b3abeeab8cd38e9d3c9d","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b097ae798298885695c339d390b48b4e39619fa7"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-21T03:43:09.190223697+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-38704","score":0.00182,"percentile":0.07721,"date":"2026-10-25"},"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."]}