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CVE-2025-38356

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/xe/guc: Explicitly exit CT safe mode on unwind During driver probe we might be briefly using CT safe mode, which is based on a delayed work, but usually we are able to stop this once we have IRQ fully operational. However, if we abort the probe quite early then during unwind we might try to destroy the workqueue while there is still a pending delayed work that attempts to restart itself which triggers a WARN. This was recently observed during unsuccessful VF initialization: [ ] xe 0000:00:02.1: probe with driver xe failed with error -62 [ ] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ ] workqueue: cannot queue safe_mode_worker_func [xe] on wq xe-g2h-wq [ ] WARNING: CPU: 9 PID: 0 at kernel/workqueue.c:2257 __queue_work+0x287/0x710 [ ] RIP: 0010:__queue_work+0x287/0x710 [ ] Call Trace: [ ] delayed_work_timer_fn+0x19/0x30 [ ] call_timer_fn+0xa1/0x2a0 Exit the CT safe mode on unwind to avoid that warning. (cherry picked from commit 2ddbb73ec20b98e70a5200cb85deade22ccea2ec)

How to fix

Remediation Available
linuxDebian
Fixed in:6.12.37-1CVE-2025-38356
Fixed in:6.12.37-1CVE-2025-38356
linux-aws-6.14Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1015.15~24.04.1USN-7833-3
linux-azure-6.14Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1014.14~24.04.1USN-7834-1
linux-azure-nvidia-6.14Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1007.7USN-7834-1
linux-gcp-6.14Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1018.19~24.04.1USN-7833-4
linux-hwe-6.14Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-34.34~24.04.1USN-7856-1
linux-image-6.14.0-1007-azure-nvidiaUbuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1007.7USN-7834-1
linux-image-6.14.0-1014-azureUbuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1014.14~24.04.1USN-7834-1
linux-image-6.14.0-1014-oemUbuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1014.14USN-7833-1
linux-image-6.14.0-1014-realtimeUbuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1014.14~24.04.1USN-7833-2
linux-image-6.14.0-1015-awsUbuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1015.15~24.04.1USN-7833-3
linux-image-6.14.0-1015-aws-64kUbuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1015.15~24.04.1USN-7833-3
linux-image-6.14.0-1015-oracleUbuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1015.15~24.04.1USN-7833-1
linux-image-6.14.0-1015-oracle-64kUbuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1015.15~24.04.1USN-7833-1
linux-image-6.14.0-1018-gcpUbuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1018.19~24.04.1USN-7833-4
linux-image-6.14.0-1018-gcp-64kUbuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1018.19~24.04.1USN-7833-4
linux-image-6.14.0-34-genericUbuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-34.34~24.04.1USN-7856-1
linux-image-6.14.0-34-generic-64kUbuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-34.34~24.04.1USN-7856-1
linux-image-awsUbuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1015.15~24.04.1USN-7833-3
linux-image-aws-6.14Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1015.15~24.04.1USN-7833-3
linux-image-aws-64kUbuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1015.15~24.04.1USN-7833-3
linux-image-aws-64k-6.14Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1015.15~24.04.1USN-7833-3
linux-image-azureUbuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1014.14~24.04.1USN-7834-1
linux-image-azure-6.14Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1014.14~24.04.1USN-7834-1
linux-image-azure-nvidiaUbuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1007.7USN-7834-1
linux-image-azure-nvidia-6.14Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1007.7USN-7834-1
linux-image-gcpUbuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1018.19~24.04.1USN-7833-4
linux-image-gcp-6.14Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1018.19~24.04.1USN-7833-4
linux-image-gcp-64kUbuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1018.19~24.04.1USN-7833-4
linux-image-gcp-64k-6.14Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1018.19~24.04.1USN-7833-4
linux-image-generic-6.14Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-34.34~24.04.1USN-7856-1
linux-image-generic-64k-6.14Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-34.34~24.04.1USN-7856-1
linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-24.04Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-34.34~24.04.1USN-7856-1
linux-image-generic-hwe-24.04Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-34.34~24.04.1USN-7856-1
linux-image-oem-24.04Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1014.14USN-7833-1
linux-image-oem-24.04aUbuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1014.14USN-7833-1
linux-image-oem-24.04bUbuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1014.14USN-7833-1
linux-image-oem-24.04cUbuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1014.14USN-7833-1
linux-image-oem-6.14Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1014.14USN-7833-1
linux-image-oracleUbuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1015.15~24.04.1USN-7833-1
linux-image-oracle-6.14Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1015.15~24.04.1USN-7833-1
linux-image-oracle-64kUbuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1015.15~24.04.1USN-7833-1
linux-image-oracle-64k-6.14Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1015.15~24.04.1USN-7833-1
linux-image-realtime-6.14Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1014.14~24.04.1USN-7833-2
linux-image-realtime-hwe-24.04Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1014.14~24.04.1USN-7833-2
linux-image-virtual-6.14Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-34.34~24.04.1USN-7856-1
linux-image-virtual-hwe-24.04Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-34.34~24.04.1USN-7856-1
linux-oem-6.14Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1014.14USN-7833-1
linux-oracle-6.14Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1015.15~24.04.1USN-7833-1
linux-realtime-6.14Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.14.0-1014.14~24.04.1USN-7833-2

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

0.15%probability of exploitation in 30 days
5thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 5% of all known CVEs.

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