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CVE-2025-38320: linux kernel vulnerability
CVE-2025-38320: high vulnerability affecting linux kernel. Check CVSS, KEV status, business impact and recommended administrator actions.
- CVSS
- 7.1 HIGH
- EPSS
- 7.15%
- Known exploited
- not in KEV
- Product
- linux kernel
What is known
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: arm64/ptrace: Fix stack-out-of-bounds read in regs_get_kernel_stack_nth() KASAN reports a stack-out-of-bounds read in regs_get_kernel_stack_nth(). Call Trace: [ 97.283505] BUG: KASAN: stack-out-of-bounds in regs_get_kernel_stack_nth+0xa8/0xc8 [ 97.284677] Read of size 8 at addr ffff800089277c10 by task 1.sh/2550 [ 97.285732] [ 97.286067] CPU: 7 PID: 2550 Comm: 1.sh Not tainted 6.6.0+ #11 [ 97.287032] Hardware name: linux,dummy-virt (DT) [ 97.287815] Call trace: [ 97.288279] dump_backtrace+0xa0/0x128 [ 97.288946] show_stack+0x20/0x38 [ 97.289551] dump_stack_lvl+0x78/0xc8 [ 97.290203] print_address_description.constprop.0+0x84/0x3c8 [ 97.291159] print_report+0xb0/0x280 [ 97.291792] kasan_report+0x84/0xd0 [ 97.292421] __asan_load8+0x9c/0xc0 [ 97.293042] regs_get_kernel_stack_nth+0xa8/0xc8 [ 97.293835] process_fetch_insn+0x770/0xa30 [ 97.294562] kprobe_trace_func+0x254/0x3b0 [ 97.295271] kprobe_dispatcher+0x98/0xe0 [ 97.295955] kprobe_breakpoint_handler+0x1b0/0x210 [ 97.296774] call_break_hook+0xc4/0x100 [ 97.297451] brk_handler+0x24/0x78 [ 97.298073] do_debug_exception+0xac/0x178 [ 97.298785] el1_dbg+0x70/0x90 [ 97.299344] el1h_64_sync_handler+0xcc/0xe8 [ 97.300066] el1h_64_sync+0x78/0x80 [ 97.300699] kernel_clone+0x0/0x500 [ 97.301331] __arm64_sys_clone+0x70/0x90 [ 97.302084] invoke_syscall+0x68/0x198 [ 97.302746] el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x11c/0x150 [ 97.303569] do_el0_svc+0x38/0x50 [ 97.304164] el0_svc+0x44/0x1d8 [ 97.304749] el0t_64_sync_handler+0x100/0x130 [ 97.305500] el0t_64_sync+0x188/0x190 [ 97.306151] [ 97.306475] The buggy address belongs to stack of task 1.sh/2550 [ 97.307461] and is located at offset 0 in frame: [ 97.308257] __se_sys_clone+0x0/0x138 [ 97.308910] [ 97.309241] This frame has 1 object: [ 97.309873] [48, 184) 'args' [ 97.309876] [ 97.310749] The buggy address belongs to the virtual mapping at [ 97.310749] [ffff800089270000, ffff800089279000) created by: [ 97.310749] dup_task_struct+0xc0/0x2e8 [ 97.313347] [ 97.313674] The buggy address belongs to the physical page: [ 97.314604] page: refcount:1 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0x14f69a [ 97.315885] flags: 0x15ffffe00000000(node=1|zone=2|lastcpupid=0xfffff) [ 97.316957] raw: 015ffffe00000000 0000000000000000 dead000000000122 0000000000000000 [ 97.318207] raw: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 00000001ffffffff 0000000000000000 [ 97.319445] page dumped because: kasan: bad access detected [ 97.320371] [ 97.320694] Memory state around the buggy address: [ 97.321511] ffff800089277b00: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 [ 97.322681] ffff800089277b80: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 [ 97.323846] >ffff800089277c00: 00 00 f1 f1 f1 f1 f1 f1 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 [ 97.325023] ^ [ 97.325683] ffff800089277c80: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 f3 f3 f3 f3 f3 f3 f3 [ 97.326856] ffff800089277d00: f3 f3 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 This issue seems to be related to the behavior of some gcc compilers and was also fixed on the s390 architecture before: commit d93a855c31b7 ("s390/ptrace: Avoid KASAN false positives in regs_get_kernel_stack_nth()") As described in that commit, regs_get_kernel_stack_nth() has confirmed that `addr` is on the stack, so reading the value at `*addr` should be allowed. Use READ_ONCE_NOCHECK() helper to silence the KASAN check for this case. [will: Use '*addr' as the argument to READ_ONCE_NOCHECK()]
Business impact
Successful exploitation of CVE-2025-38320, a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.1) affecting linux kernel, may affect the confidentiality, integrity or availability of the vulnerable environment. The exact impact depends on the installed version, exposed interfaces and deployment configuration.
Recommended administrator action
Confirm whether linux kernel is present and compare installed versions with the vendor advisory and NVD record. Apply the vendor patch or documented mitigation; until remediation is complete, reduce exposure of affected interfaces, review relevant logs and monitor for indicators of exploitation. DataHouse can support version verification, managed patching, network exposure reduction, log review and backup validation for dedicated, cloud and colocated environments.