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CVE-2025-38690

CVE-2025-38690 PUBLISHED CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/xe/migrate: prevent infinite recursion If the buf + offset is not aligned to XE_CAHELINE_BYTES we fallback to using a bounce buffer. However the bounce buffer here is allocated on the stack, and the only alignment requirement here is that it's naturally aligned to u8, and not XE_CACHELINE_BYTES. If the bounce buffer is also misaligned we then recurse back into the function again, however the new bounce buffer might also not be aligned, and might never be until we eventually blow through the stack, as we keep recursing. Instead of using the stack use kmalloc, which should respect the power-of-two alignment request here. Fixes a kernel panic when triggering this path through eudebug. v2 (Stuart): - Add build bug check for power-of-two restriction - s/EINVAL/ENOMEM/ (cherry picked from commit 38b34e928a08ba594c4bbf7118aa3aadacd62fff)

EPSS 0.01% · 1.6th percentile

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.1
5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
0.01%
1.6th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
linuxlinux_kernel6.16, 6.16, 6.17
LinuxLinux270172f64b114451876c1b68912653e72ab99f38, 6.16, 0

Timeline

  • Jan 21, 1970 Security Advisory
  • Sep 4, 2025 Coalition ESS Score
  • Sep 4, 2025 CVE Published
  • Sep 5, 2025 EPSS Score
  • Sep 5, 2025 Coalition ESS Score
  • Sep 11, 2025 Coalition ESS Score
  • Sep 12, 2025 EPSS Score
  • Sep 20, 2025 EPSS Score
  • Sep 27, 2025 EPSS Score
  • Oct 5, 2025 EPSS Score
  • Oct 8, 2025 Coalition ESS Score
  • Oct 12, 2025 EPSS Score
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