5.5

CVE-2025-38094: debian debian_linux Improper Locking

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumAnalyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38094DEBIAN-CVE-2025-38094
Published 03-07-2025Last modified 11-05-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-38094 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Improper Locking vulnerability in debian debian_linux. EPSS estimates a 0.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 6.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.17%
0%100%
Low · +0.04 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 43 · Related 41
DLA-4271-1DLA-4327-1SUSE-SU-2025:02846-1SUSE-SU-2025:02853-1SUSE-SU-2025:02923-1SUSE-SU-2025:02969-1

Timeline

  1. 03-07-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: cadence: macb: Fix a possible deadlock in macb_halt_tx. There is a situation where after THALT is set high, TGO stays high as well. Because jiffies are never updated, as we are in a context with interrupts disabled, we never exit that loop and have a deadlock. That deadlock was noticed on a sama5d4 device that stayed locked for days. Use retries instead of jiffies so that the timeout really works and we do not have a deadlock anymore.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.17%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

6%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.04 pp

From 0.14% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.17%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Ubuntu144 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.15.0-144.157 | < 6.8.0-100.100
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.15.0-1088.95 | < 6.8.0-1046.49
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Debian2 products
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ e86cd53afc5907f7c221b709916e2dd354e14691, < 0772a608d799ac0d127c0a36047a2725777aba9d | ≥ e86cd53afc5907f7c221b709916e2dd354e14691, < 64675a9c00443b2e8af42af08c38fc1b78b68ba2 | ≥ e86cd53afc5907f7c221b709916e2dd354e14691, < aace6b63892ce8307e502a60fe2f5a4bc6e1cfe7 | ≥ e86cd53afc5907f7c221b709916e2dd354e14691, < 1d60c0781c1bbeaa1196b0d8aad5c435f06cb7c4 | ≥ e86cd53afc5907f7c221b709916e2dd354e14691, < 3e64d35475aa21d13dab71da51de51923c1a3a48 | ≥ e86cd53afc5907f7c221b709916e2dd354e14691, < 84f98955a9de0e0f591df85aa1a44f3ebcf1cb37 | ≥ e86cd53afc5907f7c221b709916e2dd354e14691, < c92d6089d8ad7d4d815ebcedee3f3907b539ff1f | 3.8
  • linux_kernel≥ 3.8, < 5.10.238 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.184 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.140 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.92 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.12.30 | ≥ 6.13, < 6.14.8 | 6.15:rc1 | 6.15:rc2 | 6.15:rc3 | 6.15:rc4 | 6.15:rc5 | 6.15:rc6

3 vendors · 148 products

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