Improper locking in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-38127

 

Improper locking in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-38127

Published: July 4, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU112232
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-38127
CWE-ID: CWE-667
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper locking within the ice_map_xdp_rings(), ice_prepare_xdp_rings(), mutex_unlock(), ice_destroy_xdp_rings() and ice_xdp_setup_prog() functions in drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_main.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


How to mitigate CVE-2025-38127

Install update from vendor's repository.

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