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AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV L L L N U N N H 5.5 .0015 4.4 —
AFFECTED Product Versions Fixed Linux e92bee9f861b466c676f0200be3e46af7bc4ac6b – — Linux 6.10 – 6.12.34
TIMELINE Apr 16 Reserved by Linux Jul 3 Published (CNA: Linux) Jul 30 RESCORED — CVE-2025-38169 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 5.5 (NVD).
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: arm64/fpsimd: Avoid clobbering kernel FPSIMD state with SMSTOP On system with SME, a thread's kernel FPSIMD state may be erroneously clobbered during a context switch immediately after that state is restored. Systems without SME are unaffected. If the CPU happens to be in streaming SVE mode before a context switch to a thread with kernel FPSIMD state, fpsimd_thread_switch() will restore the kernel FPSIMD state using fpsimd_load_kernel_state() while the CPU is still in streaming SVE mode. When fpsimd_thread_switch() subsequently calls fpsimd_flush_cpu_state(), this will execute an SMSTOP, causing an exit from streaming SVE mode. The exit from streaming SVE mode will cause the hardware to reset a number of FPSIMD/SVE/SME registers, clobbering the FPSIMD state. Fix this by calling fpsimd_flush_cpu_state() before restoring the kernel FPSIMD state.
| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| April 16, 2025 | Reserved | Reserved by Linux |
| July 3, 2025 | Published | Published (CNA: Linux) |
| July 30, 2026 | RESCORED | RESCORED — CVE-2025-38169 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 5.5 (NVD). |
Authoritative record: CVE-2025-38169 at cve.org
Vendors: linux
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