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CVE-2025-38296

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ACPI: platform_profile: Avoid initializing on non-ACPI platforms The platform profile driver is loaded even on platforms that do not have ACPI enabled. The initialization of the sysfs entries was recently moved from platform_profile_register() to the module init call, and those entries need acpi_kobj to be initialized which is not the case when ACPI is disabled. This results in the following warning: WARNING: CPU: 5 PID: 1 at fs/sysfs/group.c:131 internal_create_group+0xa22/0xdd8 Modules linked in: CPU: 5 UID: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Tainted: G W 6.15.0-rc7-dirty #6 PREEMPT Tainted: [W]=WARN Hardware name: riscv-virtio,qemu (DT) epc : internal_create_group+0xa22/0xdd8 ra : internal_create_group+0xa22/0xdd8 Call Trace: internal_create_group+0xa22/0xdd8 sysfs_create_group+0x22/0x2e platform_profile_init+0x74/0xb2 do_one_initcall+0x198/0xa9e kernel_init_freeable+0x6d8/0x780 kernel_init+0x28/0x24c ret_from_fork+0xe/0x18 Fix this by checking if ACPI is enabled before trying to create sysfs entries. [ rjw: Subject and changelog edits ]

How to fix

Remediation Available
linux-aws-6.14Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1013.13~24.04.1USN-7769-3
linux-gcp-6.14Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1016.17~24.04.1USN-7769-1
linux-hwe-6.14Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-32.32~24.04.1USN-7769-3
linux-image-6.14.0-1012-oemUbuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1012.12USN-7771-1
linux-image-6.14.0-1012-realtimeUbuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1012.12~24.04.1USN-7769-2
linux-image-6.14.0-1013-awsUbuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1013.13~24.04.1USN-7769-3
linux-image-6.14.0-1013-aws-64kUbuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1013.13~24.04.1USN-7769-3
linux-image-6.14.0-1013-oracleUbuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1013.13~24.04.1USN-7789-1
linux-image-6.14.0-1013-oracle-64kUbuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1013.13~24.04.1USN-7789-1
linux-image-6.14.0-1016-gcpUbuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1016.17~24.04.1USN-7769-1
linux-image-6.14.0-1016-gcp-64kUbuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1016.17~24.04.1USN-7769-1
linux-image-6.14.0-32-genericUbuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-32.32~24.04.1USN-7769-3
linux-image-6.14.0-32-generic-64kUbuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-32.32~24.04.1USN-7769-3
linux-image-awsUbuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1013.13~24.04.1USN-7769-3
linux-image-aws-6.14Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1013.13~24.04.1USN-7769-3
linux-image-aws-64kUbuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1013.13~24.04.1USN-7769-3
linux-image-aws-64k-6.14Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1013.13~24.04.1USN-7769-3
linux-image-gcpUbuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1016.17~24.04.1USN-7769-1
linux-image-gcp-6.14Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1016.17~24.04.1USN-7769-1
linux-image-gcp-64kUbuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1016.17~24.04.1USN-7769-1
linux-image-gcp-64k-6.14Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1016.17~24.04.1USN-7769-1
linux-image-generic-6.14Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-32.32~24.04.1USN-7769-3
linux-image-generic-64k-6.14Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-32.32~24.04.1USN-7769-3
linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-24.04Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-32.32~24.04.1USN-7769-3
linux-image-generic-hwe-24.04Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-32.32~24.04.1USN-7769-3
linux-image-oem-24.04Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1012.12USN-7771-1
linux-image-oem-24.04aUbuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1012.12USN-7771-1
linux-image-oem-24.04bUbuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1012.12USN-7771-1
linux-image-oem-24.04cUbuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1012.12USN-7771-1
linux-image-oem-6.14Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1012.12USN-7771-1
linux-image-oracleUbuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1013.13~24.04.1USN-7789-1
linux-image-oracle-6.14Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1013.13~24.04.1USN-7789-1
linux-image-oracle-64kUbuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1013.13~24.04.1USN-7789-1
linux-image-oracle-64k-6.14Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1013.13~24.04.1USN-7789-1
linux-image-realtime-6.14Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1012.12~24.04.1USN-7769-2
linux-image-realtime-hwe-24.04Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1012.12~24.04.1USN-7769-2
linux-image-virtual-6.14Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-32.32~24.04.1USN-7769-3
linux-image-virtual-hwe-24.04Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-32.32~24.04.1USN-7769-3
linux-oem-6.14Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1012.12USN-7771-1
linux-oracle-6.14Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1013.13~24.04.1USN-7789-1
linux-realtime-6.14Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1012.12~24.04.1USN-7769-2

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.13%probability of exploitation in 30 days
3rdpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 3% of all known CVEs.

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