Improper locking in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-10263

 

Improper locking in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-10263

Published: July 2, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU136690
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.8 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-10263
CWE-ID: CWE-667
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to cause a denial of service.

The vulnerability exists due to improper memory synchronization in broadcast TLB invalidation completion handling in the arm64 CPU errata logic when performing broadcast TLB invalidation on affected Arm CPUs. A local user can trigger memory access patterns that rely on invalidated TLB entries to cause a denial of service.

The issue affects only completion of memory accesses translated by an invalidated TLB entry and does not prevent the actual invalidation of TLB entries.


Affected software

Linux kernel
Debian Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Micro Extras
SUSE Linux Micro
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time for NFV
Anolis OS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support
SUSE Real Time Module
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching
openEuler
Fedora
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_62-rt-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_17-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_62-rt
kernel (Red Hat package)
kernel-rt (Red Hat package)
kernel-debug-modules
kernel-devel
kernel-headers
kernel-modules
kernel-modules-extra
kernel-tools
kernel-tools-libs
kernel-tools-libs-devel
perf
python3-perf
kernel-abi-stablelists
kernel-doc
kernel-debug-modules-extra
kernel-debug-devel
kernel-debug-core
kernel-debug
kernel-cross-headers
kernel-core
kernel
bpftool
python3-perf-debuginfo
python2-perf-debuginfo
python2-perf
bpftool-debuginfo
kernel-debuginfo
kernel-debugsource
kernel-source
kernel-tools-debuginfo
kernel-tools-devel
perf-debuginfo
xen (Debian package)
xen
kernel-kvmsmall
kernel-default-livepatch
kernel-macros
kernel-default
kernel-default-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall-debugsource
kernel-default-debugsource
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-devel
kernel-64kb-debugsource
kernel-obs-build
kernel-obs-build-debugsource
kernel-default-devel
kernel-syms
kernel-64kb
kernel-default-base
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-rt
gfs2-kmp-rt
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-rt
kernel-rt
kernel-devel-rt
kernel-source-rt
kernel-syms-rt
kernel-rt-debugsource
cluster-md-kmp-rt
kernel-rt-devel
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-extra-modules
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform

How to mitigate CVE-2025-10263

Install security update from vendor's repository.

Linux kernel - update to 7.0 rc3
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_62-rt-debuginfo - update to 1-150700.1.3.1
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_17-debugsource - update to 1-150700.1.3.1
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_62-rt - update to 1-150700.1.3.1
kernel (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 4.18.0-305.200.1.el8_4, 4.18.0-372.204.1.el8_6, 4.18.0-477.158.1.el8_8, 4.18.0-553.140.1.el8_10, 5.14.0-284.186.1.el9_2, 5.14.0-427.143.1.el9_4, 5.14.0-570.131.1.el9_6, 5.14.0-687.22.1.el9_8, 6.12.0-211.30.1.el10_2
kernel-rt (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 4.18.0-553.140.1.rt7.481.el8_10, 5.14.0-284.186.1.rt14.471.el9_2
kernel-debug-modules - update to 4.18.0-553.141.1.0.1
kernel-devel - update to 4.18.0-553.141.1.0.1
kernel-headers - update to 4.18.0-553.141.1.0.1
kernel-modules - update to 4.18.0-553.141.1.0.1
kernel-modules-extra - update to 4.18.0-553.141.1.0.1
kernel-tools - update to 4.18.0-553.141.1.0.1
kernel-tools-libs - update to 4.18.0-553.141.1.0.1
kernel-tools-libs-devel - update to 4.18.0-553.141.1.0.1
perf - update to 4.18.0-553.141.1.0.1
python3-perf - update to 4.18.0-553.141.1.0.1
kernel-abi-stablelists - update to 4.18.0-553.141.1.0.1
kernel-doc - update to 4.18.0-553.141.1.0.1
kernel-debug-modules-extra - update to 4.18.0-553.141.1.0.1
kernel-debug-devel - update to 4.18.0-553.141.1.0.1
kernel-debug-core - update to 4.18.0-553.141.1.0.1
kernel-debug - update to 4.18.0-553.141.1.0.1
kernel-cross-headers - update to 4.18.0-553.141.1.0.1
kernel-core - update to 4.18.0-553.141.1.0.1
kernel - update to 4.18.0-553.141.1.0.1
bpftool - update to 4.18.0-553.141.1.0.1
perf - addressed in versions 4.19.90-2607.4.0.0382, 5.10.0-326.0.0.227, 6.6.0-145.1.19.156, 6.6.0-145.3.17.150
python3-perf - addressed in versions 4.19.90-2607.4.0.0382, 5.10.0-326.0.0.227, 6.6.0-145.1.19.156, 6.6.0-145.3.17.150
python3-perf-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.19.90-2607.4.0.0382, 5.10.0-326.0.0.227, 6.6.0-145.1.19.156, 6.6.0-145.3.17.150
python2-perf-debuginfo - update to 4.19.90-2607.4.0.0382
python2-perf - update to 4.19.90-2607.4.0.0382
kernel - addressed in versions 4.19.90-2607.4.0.0382, 5.10.0-326.0.0.227, 6.6.0-145.1.19.156, 6.6.0-145.3.17.150
bpftool - addressed in versions 4.19.90-2607.4.0.0382, 5.10.0-326.0.0.227, 6.6.0-145.1.19.156, 6.6.0-145.3.17.150
bpftool-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.19.90-2607.4.0.0382, 5.10.0-326.0.0.227, 6.6.0-145.1.19.156, 6.6.0-145.3.17.150
kernel-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.19.90-2607.4.0.0382, 5.10.0-326.0.0.227, 6.6.0-145.1.19.156, 6.6.0-145.3.17.150
kernel-debugsource - addressed in versions 4.19.90-2607.4.0.0382, 5.10.0-326.0.0.227, 6.6.0-145.1.19.156, 6.6.0-145.3.17.150
kernel-devel - addressed in versions 4.19.90-2607.4.0.0382, 5.10.0-326.0.0.227, 6.6.0-145.1.19.156, 6.6.0-145.3.17.150
kernel-source - addressed in versions 4.19.90-2607.4.0.0382, 5.10.0-326.0.0.227, 6.6.0-145.1.19.156, 6.6.0-145.3.17.150
kernel-tools - addressed in versions 4.19.90-2607.4.0.0382, 5.10.0-326.0.0.227, 6.6.0-145.1.19.156, 6.6.0-145.3.17.150
kernel-tools-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.19.90-2607.4.0.0382, 5.10.0-326.0.0.227, 6.6.0-145.1.19.156, 6.6.0-145.3.17.150
kernel-tools-devel - addressed in versions 4.19.90-2607.4.0.0382, 5.10.0-326.0.0.227, 6.6.0-145.1.19.156, 6.6.0-145.3.17.150
perf-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.19.90-2607.4.0.0382, 5.10.0-326.0.0.227, 6.6.0-145.1.19.156, 6.6.0-145.3.17.150
xen (Debian package) - update to 4.20.3+127-gc42374a105-0+deb13u1
xen - update to 4.20.4-1.fc43
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform - update to 4.22.6
kernel-headers - addressed in versions 5.10.0-326.0.0.227, 6.6.0-145.1.19.156, 6.6.0-145.3.17.150
kernel-kvmsmall - update to 6.4.0-48.1
kernel-default-livepatch - update to 6.4.0-48.1
kernel-source - update to 6.4.0-48.1
kernel-devel - update to 6.4.0-48.1
kernel-macros - update to 6.4.0-48.1
kernel-default - update to 6.4.0-48.1
kernel-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-48.1
kernel-kvmsmall-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-48.1
kernel-kvmsmall-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-48.1
kernel-default-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-48.1
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-48.1
kernel-64kb-devel - update to 6.4.0-48.1
kernel-64kb-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-48.1
kernel-obs-build - update to 6.4.0-48.1
kernel-obs-build-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-48.1
kernel-default-devel - update to 6.4.0-48.1
kernel-syms - update to 6.4.0-48.1
kernel-64kb - update to 6.4.0-48.1
kernel-default-base - update to 6.4.0-48.1.21.25
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.62.1
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.62.1
ocfs2-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.62.1
gfs2-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.62.1
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.62.1
kernel-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.62.1
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.62.1
dlm-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.62.1
kernel-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.62.1
kernel-devel-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.62.1
kernel-source-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.62.1
kernel-syms-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.62.1
kernel-rt-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.62.1
cluster-md-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.62.1
kernel-rt-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.62.1
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.62.1
kernel-extra-modules - update to 6.6.0-145.3.17.150

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