Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2025-38295)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2025-38295). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 6.6.94, 6.12.34, 6.15.3 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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

perf/amlogic: Replace smp_processor_id() with raw_smp_processor_id() in meson_ddr_pmu_create()

The Amlogic DDR PMU driver meson_ddr_pmu_create() function incorrectly uses
smp_processor_id(), which assumes disabled preemption. This leads to kernel
warnings during module loading because meson_ddr_pmu_create() can be called
in a preemptible context.

Following kernel warning and stack trace:
[ 31.745138] [ T2289] BUG: using smp_processor_id() in preemptible [00000000] code: (udev-worker)/2289
[ 31.745154] [ T2289] caller is debug_smp_processor_id+0x28/0x38
[ 31.745172] [ T2289] CPU: 4 UID: 0 PID: 2289 Comm: (udev-worker) Tainted: GW 6.14.0-0-MANJARO-ARM #1 59519addcbca6ba8de735e151fd7b9e97aac7ff0
[ 31.745181] [ T2289] Tainted: [W]=WARN
[ 31.745183] [ T2289] Hardware name: Hardkernel ODROID-N2Plus (DT)
[ 31.745188] [ T2289] Call trace:
[ 31.745191] [ T2289] show_stack+0x28/0x40 (C)
[ 31.745199] [ T2289] dump_stack_lvl+0x4c/0x198
[ 31.745205] [ T2289] dump_stack+0x20/0x50
[ 31.745209] [ T2289] check_preemption_disabled+0xec/0xf0
[ 31.745213] [ T2289] debug_smp_processor_id+0x28/0x38
[ 31.745216] [ T2289] meson_ddr_pmu_create+0x200/0x560 [meson_ddr_pmu_g12 8095101c49676ad138d9961e3eddaee10acca7bd]
[ 31.745237] [ T2289] g12_ddr_pmu_probe+0x20/0x38 [meson_ddr_pmu_g12 8095101c49676ad138d9961e3eddaee10acca7bd]
[ 31.745246] [ T2289] platform_probe+0x98/0x…

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) NVD OSV

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-38295 has been found in Kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 6.6.94, 6.12.34, 6.15.3 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2025-38295" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2025-38295 (Kernel)
Patched: 6.6.94, 6.12.34, 6.15.3 — apply immediately
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 Kernel.

📍 Affected scope

Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Kernel.

🔥 Severity

Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.

🔧 How to fix

Update to 6.6.94, 6.12.34, 6.15.3.

🛡️ 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. Run grep -r 'Kernel' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.

Response actions

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

1
Identify exposure identify
```
grep -r 'Kernel' . | grep -v node_modules
```
リポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で Kernel を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。
2
Apply patch patch
```
Upgrade Kernel to 6.6.94, 6.12.34, 6.15.3
```
ステージング環境で 6.6.94, 6.12.34, 6.15.3 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。
3
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。

Affected packages

Linux Kernel

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.2.0"},{"fixed":"6.6.94"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.7.0"},{"fixed":"6.12.34"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.13.0"},{"fixed":"6.15.3"}]}]

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

BellSoft Alpaquita BELL-CVE-2025-38295 linux-lts Fixed in: 6.12.41-r0
Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2025-38295 linux Fixed in: 6.12.35-1
Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38295 linux-hwe-edge