CVE-2025-38584 - CVE House
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Status published Unknown CVE-2025-38584

padata: Fix pd UAF once and for all

Vulnerability Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: padata: Fix pd UAF once and for all There is a race condition/UAF in padata_reorder that goes back to the initial commit. A reference count is taken at the start of the process in padata_do_parallel, and released at the end in padata_serial_worker. This reference count is (and only is) required for padata_replace to function correctly. If padata_replace is never called then there is no issue. In the function padata_reorder which serves as the core of padata, as soon as padata is added to queue->serial.list, and the associated spin lock released, that padata may be processed and the reference count on pd would go away. Fix this by getting the next padata before the squeue->serial lock is released. In order to make this possible, simplify padata_reorder by only calling it once the next padata arrives.

Impact Analysis

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Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Linux
Vulnerable Versions:
16295bec6398a3eedc9377e1af6ff4c71b98c300, 2.6.34, 0, 5.10.258, 5.15.209, 6.1.175, 6.6.140, 6.12.86, 6.15.10, 6.16.1, 6.17

Timeline

Official Publish: August 19th, 2025
Last Modified: June 1st, 2026
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

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Weaknesses (CWE)

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MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

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