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CVE-2025-38388— firmware: arm_ffa: Replace mutex with rwlock to avoid sleep in atomic context

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Affected
Linux Linux
Exploitation
No confirmed in-the-wild exploitation; assess based on exposure
Recommended action
Check the vendor advisory and references for a fixed version. If immediate upgrade is impossible, restrict exposure and increase monitoring.

Linux kernel是美国Linux基金会的开源操作系统Linux所使用的内核。 Linux kernel存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于在原子上下文中使用互斥锁可能导致睡眠。

AI Predicted 3.7 Difficulty: Moderate EPSS 0.13% · P2

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T1068 · Exploitation for Privilege Escalation

Affected Version Matrix 8

VendorProduct Version RangeStatus
Linux Linux e0573444edbf4ee7e3c191d3d08a4ccbd26628be< 31405510a48dcf054abfa5b7b8d70ce1b27d1f13 affected
e0573444edbf4ee7e3c191d3d08a4ccbd26628be< 8986f8f61b482c0e6efd28f0b2423d9640c20eb1 affected
e0573444edbf4ee7e3c191d3d08a4ccbd26628be< 9ca7a421229bbdfbe2e1e628cff5cfa782720a10 affected
6.7 affected
< 6.7 unaffected
6.12.37≤ 6.12.* unaffected
6.15.6≤ 6.15.* unaffected
6.16≤ * unaffected
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I. Basic Information for CVE-2025-38388

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Vulnerability Title
firmware: arm_ffa: Replace mutex with rwlock to avoid sleep in atomic context
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: firmware: arm_ffa: Replace mutex with rwlock to avoid sleep in atomic context The current use of a mutex to protect the notifier hashtable accesses can lead to issues in the atomic context. It results in the below kernel warnings: | BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at kernel/locking/mutex.c:258 | in_atomic(): 1, irqs_disabled(): 1, non_block: 0, pid: 9, name: kworker/0:0 | preempt_count: 1, expected: 0 | RCU nest depth: 0, expected: 0 | CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 9 Comm: kworker/0:0 Not tainted 6.14.0 #4 | Workqueue: ffa_pcpu_irq_notification notif_pcpu_irq_work_fn | Call trace: | show_stack+0x18/0x24 (C) | dump_stack_lvl+0x78/0x90 | dump_stack+0x18/0x24 | __might_resched+0x114/0x170 | __might_sleep+0x48/0x98 | mutex_lock+0x24/0x80 | handle_notif_callbacks+0x54/0xe0 | notif_get_and_handle+0x40/0x88 | generic_exec_single+0x80/0xc0 | smp_call_function_single+0xfc/0x1a0 | notif_pcpu_irq_work_fn+0x2c/0x38 | process_one_work+0x14c/0x2b4 | worker_thread+0x2e4/0x3e0 | kthread+0x13c/0x210 | ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20 To address this, replace the mutex with an rwlock to protect the notifier hashtable accesses. This ensures that read-side locking does not sleep and multiple readers can acquire the lock concurrently, avoiding unnecessary contention and potential deadlocks. Writer access remains exclusive, preserving correctness. This change resolves warnings from lockdep about potential sleep in atomic context.
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
CVSS Information
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Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Title
Linux kernel 安全漏洞
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Description
Linux kernel是美国Linux基金会的开源操作系统Linux所使用的内核。 Linux kernel存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于在原子上下文中使用互斥锁可能导致睡眠。
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
CVSS Information
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)

Affected Products

Vendor Product Affected Versions CPE Subscribe
Linux Linux e0573444edbf4ee7e3c191d3d08a4ccbd26628be ~ 31405510a48dcf054abfa5b7b8d70ce1b27d1f13 -
Linux Linux 6.7 -

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Same Patch Batch · Linux · 2025-07-25 · 114 CVEs total

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CVE-2025-38437 8.8 HIGH ksmbd: fix potential use-after-free in oplock/lease break ack
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CVE-2025-38395 8.4 HIGH regulator: gpio: Fix the out-of-bounds access to drvdata::gpiods
CVE-2025-38435 7.8 HIGH riscv: vector: Fix context save/restore with xtheadvector
CVE-2025-38440 7.8 HIGH net/mlx5e: Fix race between DIM disable and net_dim()
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CVE-2025-38449 7.8 HIGH drm/gem: Acquire references on GEM handles for framebuffers
CVE-2025-38382 7.8 HIGH btrfs: fix iteration of extrefs during log replay
CVE-2025-38447 7.8 HIGH mm/rmap: fix potential out-of-bounds page table access during batched unmap
CVE-2025-38396 7.8 HIGH fs: export anon_inode_make_secure_inode() and fix secretmem LSM bypass
CVE-2025-38401 7.8 HIGH mtk-sd: Prevent memory corruption from DMA map failure
CVE-2025-38408 7.8 HIGH genirq/irq_sim: Initialize work context pointers properly
CVE-2025-38398 7.8 HIGH spi: spi-qpic-snand: reallocate BAM transactions

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