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CVE-2025-38005 high CVSS 7.8

Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2025-38005)

Summary

Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2025-38005). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

dmaengine: ti: k3-udma: Add missing locking

Recent kernels complain about a missing lock in k3-udma.c when the lock
validator is enabled:

[ 4.128073] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 746 at drivers/dma/ti/../virt-dma.h:169 udma_start.isra.0+0x34/0x238
[ 4.137352] CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 746 Comm: kworker/0:3 Not tainted 6.12.9-arm64 #28
[ 4.144867] Hardware name: pp-v12 (DT)
[ 4.148648] Workqueue: events udma_check_tx_completion
[ 4.153841] pstate: 60000005 (nZCv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
[ 4.160834] pc : udma_start.isra.0+0x34/0x238
[ 4.165227] lr : udma_start.isra.0+0x30/0x238
[ 4.169618] sp : ffffffc083cabcf0
[ 4.172963] x29: ffffffc083cabcf0 x28: 0000000000000000 x27: ffffff800001b005
[ 4.180167] x26: ffffffc0812f0000 x25: 0000000000000000 x24: 0000000000000000
[ 4.187370] x23: 0000000000000001 x22: 00000000e21eabe9 x21: ffffff8000fa0670
[ 4.194571] x20: ffffff8001b6bf00 x19: ffffff8000fa0430 x18: ffffffc083b95030
[ 4.201773] x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 00000000f0000000 x15: 0000000000000048
[ 4.208976] x14: 0000000000000048 x13: 0000000000000000 x12: 0000000000000001
[ 4.216179] x11: ffffffc08151a240 x10: 0000000000003ea1 x9 : ffffffc08046ab68
[ 4.223381] x8 : ffffffc083cabac0 x7 : ffffffc081df3718 x6 : 0000000000029fc8
[ 4.230583] x5 : ffffffc0817ee6d8 x4 : 0000000000000bc0 x3 : 0000000000000000
[ 4.237784] x2 : 0000000000000000 x1 : 00000000001fffff…

Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD

Auto-generated summary

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-38005 has been found in Linux kernel.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. CVSS score: 7.8/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Linux kernel CVE-2025-38005" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2025-38005 (Linux kernel) — CVSS v3 7.8
Attack vector: local / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.

❓ What is the problem

A vulnerability (unclassified) exists in Linux kernel.

📍 Affected scope

Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Linux kernel.

🔥 Severity

Severity: High (CVSS 7.8/10). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.

🔧 How to fix

Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.

🛡️ Workaround

Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.

🔍 Detection

Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.

Response actions

Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order

  1. 1
    Identify exposure identify 
    Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.

    資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで Linux kernel を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。

  2. 2
    Post-deployment verification verify 
    Confirm patched version is live in production

    パッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

References

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