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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 .0016 4.4 —
AFFECTED Product Versions Fixed Linux bc08041b32abe6c9824f78735bac22018eabfc06 – — Linux 6.7 – 6.12.109
TIMELINE Apr 16 Reserved by Linux Aug 22 Published (CNA: Linux) Sep 7 ENRICHED — CVE-2025-38621 (Linux). Received CVSS 5.5 and CPE data from NVD.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: md: make rdev_addable usable for rcu mode Our testcase trigger panic: BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 00000000000000e0 ... Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI CPU: 2 UID: 0 PID: 85 Comm: kworker/2:1 Not tainted 6.16.0+ #94 PREEMPT(none) Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.16.1-2.fc37 04/01/2014 Workqueue: md_misc md_start_sync RIP: 0010:rdev_addable+0x4d/0xf0 ... Call Trace: <TASK> md_start_sync+0x329/0x480 process_one_work+0x226/0x6d0 worker_thread+0x19e/0x340 kthread+0x10f/0x250 ret_from_fork+0x14d/0x180 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 </TASK> Modules linked in: raid10 CR2: 00000000000000e0 ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- RIP: 0010:rdev_addable+0x4d/0xf0 md_spares_need_change in md_start_sync will call rdev_addable which protected by rcu_read_lock/rcu_read_unlock. This rcu context will help protect rdev won't be released, but rdev->mddev will be set to NULL before we call synchronize_rcu in md_kick_rdev_from_array. Fix this by using READ_ONCE and check does rdev->mddev still alive.
| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| April 16, 2025 | Reserved | Reserved by Linux |
| August 22, 2025 | Published | Published (CNA: Linux) |
| September 7, 2026 | ENRICHED | ENRICHED — CVE-2025-38621 (Linux). Received CVSS 5.5 and CPE data from NVD. |
Authoritative record: CVE-2025-38621 at cve.org
Vendors: linux
Weaknesses: CWE-476
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