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CVE-2025-38359

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: s390/mm: Fix in_atomic() handling in do_secure_storage_access() Kernel user spaces accesses to not exported pages in atomic context incorrectly try to resolve the page fault. With debug options enabled call traces like this can be seen: BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1523 in_atomic(): 1, irqs_disabled(): 0, non_block: 0, pid: 419074, name: qemu-system-s39 preempt_count: 1, expected: 0 RCU nest depth: 0, expected: 0 INFO: lockdep is turned off. Preemption disabled at: [<00000383ea47cfa2>] copy_page_from_iter_atomic+0xa2/0x8a0 CPU: 12 UID: 0 PID: 419074 Comm: qemu-system-s39 Tainted: G W 6.16.0-20250531.rc0.git0.69b3a602feac.63.fc42.s390x+debug #1 PREEMPT Tainted: [W]=WARN Hardware name: IBM 3931 A01 703 (LPAR) Call Trace: [<00000383e990d282>] dump_stack_lvl+0xa2/0xe8 [<00000383e99bf152>] __might_resched+0x292/0x2d0 [<00000383eaa7c374>] down_read+0x34/0x2d0 [<00000383e99432f8>] do_secure_storage_access+0x108/0x360 [<00000383eaa724b0>] __do_pgm_check+0x130/0x220 [<00000383eaa842e4>] pgm_check_handler+0x114/0x160 [<00000383ea47d028>] copy_page_from_iter_atomic+0x128/0x8a0 ([<00000383ea47d016>] copy_page_from_iter_atomic+0x116/0x8a0) [<00000383e9c45eae>] generic_perform_write+0x16e/0x310 [<00000383e9eb87f4>] ext4_buffered_write_iter+0x84/0x160 [<00000383e9da0de4>] vfs_write+0x1c4/0x460 [<00000383e9da123c>] ksys_write+0x7c/0x100 [<00000383eaa7284e>] __do_syscall+0x15e/0x280 [<00000383eaa8417e>] system_call+0x6e/0x90 INFO: lockdep is turned off. It is not allowed to take the mmap_lock while in atomic context. Therefore handle such a secure storage access fault as if the accessed page is not mapped: the uaccess function will return -EFAULT, and the caller has to deal with this. Usually this means that the access is retried in process context, which allows to resolve the page fault (or in this case export the page).

How to fix

Remediation Available
linuxDebian
Fixed in:6.16.3-1CVE-2025-38359
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

0.10%probability of exploitation in 30 days
1stpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 1% of all known CVEs.

References

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