Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2025-38731)
Summary
Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2025-38731). 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:
drm/xe: Fix vm_bind_ioctl double free bug
If the argument check during an array bind fails, the bind_ops are freed
twice as seen below. Fix this by setting bind_ops to NULL after freeing.
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BUG: KASAN: double-free in xe_vm_bind_ioctl+0x1b2/0x21f0 [xe]
Free of addr ffff88813bb9b800 by task xe_vm/14198
CPU: 5 UID: 0 PID: 14198 Comm: xe_vm Not tainted 6.16.0-xe-eudebug-cmanszew+ #520 PREEMPT(full)
Hardware name: Intel Corporation Alder Lake Client Platform/AlderLake-P DDR5 RVP, BIOS ADLPFWI1.R00.2411.A02.2110081023 10/08/2021
Call Trace:
dump_stack_lvl+0x82/0xd0
print_report+0xcb/0x610
? __virt_addr_valid+0x19a/0x300
? xe_vm_bind_ioctl+0x1b2/0x21f0 [xe]
kasan_report_invalid_free+0xc8/0xf0
? xe_vm_bind_ioctl+0x1b2/0x21f0 [xe]
? xe_vm_bind_ioctl+0x1b2/0x21f0 [xe]
check_slab_allocation+0x102/0x130
kfree+0x10d/0x440
? should_fail_ex+0x57/0x2f0
? xe_vm_bind_ioctl+0x1b2/0x21f0 [xe]
xe_vm_bind_ioctl+0x1b2/0x21f0 [xe]
? __pfx_xe_vm_bind_ioctl+0x10/0x10 [xe]
? __lock_acquire+0xab9/0x27f0
? lock_acquire+0x165/0x300
? drm_dev_enter+0x53/0xe0 [drm]
? find_held_lock+0x2b/0x80
? drm_dev_exit+0x30/0x50 [drm]
? drm_ioctl_kernel+0x128/0x1c0 [drm]
drm_ioctl_kernel+0x128/0x1c0 [drm]
? __pfx_xe_vm_bind_ioctl+0x10/0x10 [xe]
? find_held_lock+0x2b/0x80
? __pfx_drm_ioctl_kernel+0x10/0x10 [drm]
? should_fail_ex+0x57/0x2f0
? __pfx_xe_vm_bind_i…
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
Auto-generated summary
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-38731 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-2025-38731" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2025-38731 (Linux kernel) — CWE-415 / 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.
A vulnerability (CWE-415) exists in Linux kernel.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Linux kernel.
Severity: High (CVSS 7.8/10). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
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
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1Identify 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。
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2Post-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
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- BellSoft Alpaquita BELL-CVE-2025-38731 linux-lts Fixed in: 6.18.35-r1
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2025-38731 linux Fixed in: 6.16.5-1
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38731 linux-hwe-edge
References
- advisory github.com
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- package git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org