CVE-2025-38539

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n the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tracing: Add down_write(trace_event_sem) when adding trace event When a module is loaded, it adds trace events defined by the module. It may also need to modify the modules trace printk formats to replace enum names with their values. If two modules are loaded at the same time, the adding of the event to the ftrace_events list can corrupt the walking of the list in the code that is modifying the printk format strings and crash the kernel. The addition of the event should take the trace_event_sem for write while it adds the new event. Also add a lockdep_assert_held() on that semaphore in __trace_add_event_dirs() as it iterates the list.

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

07 Jan 2026, 18:42

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/33e20747b47ddc03569b6bc27a2d6894c1428182 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/33e20747b47ddc03569b6bc27a2d6894c1428182 - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6bc94f20a4c304997288f9a45278c9d0c06987d3 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6bc94f20a4c304997288f9a45278c9d0c06987d3 - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/70fecd519caad0c1741c3379d5348c9000a5b29d - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/70fecd519caad0c1741c3379d5348c9000a5b29d - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7803b28c9aa8d8bd4e19ebcf5f0db9612b0f333b - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7803b28c9aa8d8bd4e19ebcf5f0db9612b0f333b - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b5e8acc14dcb314a9b61ff19dcd9fdd0d88f70df - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b5e8acc14dcb314a9b61ff19dcd9fdd0d88f70df - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ca60064ea03f14e06c763de018403cb56ba3207d - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ca60064ea03f14e06c763de018403cb56ba3207d - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/db45632479ceecb669612ed8dbce927e3c6279fc - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/db45632479ceecb669612ed8dbce927e3c6279fc - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e70f5ee4c8824736332351b703c46f9469ed7f6c - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e70f5ee4c8824736332351b703c46f9469ed7f6c - Patch
References () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html - () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html - Third Party Advisory, Mailing List
References () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html - () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html - Third Party Advisory, Mailing List
First Time Debian
Linux linux Kernel
Linux
Debian debian Linux
CPE cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : unknown
v3 : 5.5
CWE NVD-CWE-noinfo

03 Nov 2025, 18:16

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html -
  • () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html -

28 Aug 2025, 15:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-08-16 12:15

Updated : 2026-01-07 18:42


NVD link : CVE-2025-38539

Mitre link : CVE-2025-38539

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-38539


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