Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2025-38397)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2025-38397). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 6.15.6 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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

nvme-multipath: fix suspicious RCU usage warning

When I run the NVME over TCP test in virtme-ng, I get the following
"suspicious RCU usage" warning in nvme_mpath_add_sysfs_link():

'''
[ 5.024557][ T44] nvmet: Created nvm controller 1 for subsystem nqn.2025-06.org.nvmexpress.mptcp for NQN nqn.2014-08.org.nvmexpress:uuid:f7f6b5e0-ff97-4894-98ac-c85309e0bc77.
[ 5.027401][ T183] nvme nvme0: creating 2 I/O queues.
[ 5.029017][ T183] nvme nvme0: mapped 2/0/0 default/read/poll queues.
[ 5.032587][ T183] nvme nvme0: new ctrl: NQN "nqn.2025-06.org.nvmexpress.mptcp", addr 127.0.0.1:4420, hostnqn: nqn.2014-08.org.nvmexpress:uuid:f7f6b5e0-ff97-4894-98ac-c85309e0bc77
[ 5.042214][ T25]
[ 5.042440][ T25] =============================
[ 5.042579][ T25] WARNING: suspicious RCU usage
[ 5.042705][ T25] 6.16.0-rc3+ #23 Not tainted
[ 5.042812][ T25] -----------------------------
[ 5.042934][ T25] drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c:1203 RCU-list traversed in non-reader section!!
[ 5.043111][ T25]
[ 5.043111][ T25] other info that might help us debug this:
[ 5.043111][ T25]
[ 5.043341][ T25]
[ 5.043341][ T25] rcu_scheduler_active = 2, debug_locks = 1
[ 5.043502][ T25] 3 locks held by kworker/u9:0/25:
[ 5.043615][ T25] #0: ffff888008730948 ((wq_completion)async){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7ed/0x1350
[ 5.043830][ T25] #1: ffffc900001afd40…

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

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-38397 has been found in Kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 6.15.6 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2025-38397" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2025-38397 (Kernel)
Patched: 6.15.6 — 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 6.15.6.

🛡️ 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 6.15.6
```
ステージング環境で 6.15.6 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":"6.15.0"},{"fixed":"6.15.6"}]}]

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

BellSoft Alpaquita BELL-CVE-2025-38397 linux-lts Fixed in: 6.18.35-r1