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CVE-2025-38114: linux Improper Locking

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumAnalyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38114
Published 03-07-2025Last modified 11-05-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-38114 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Improper Locking vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 1.7% 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
0.12%
0%100%
Low · +0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 15 · Related 15
OPENSUSE-SU-2025:20081-1SUSE-SU-2025:02853-1SUSE-SU-2025:02997-1SUSE-SU-2025:03011-1SUSE-SU-2025:21074-1SUSE-SU-2025:21139-1

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: e1000: Move cancel_work_sync to avoid deadlock Previously, e1000_down called cancel_work_sync for the e1000 reset task (via e1000_down_and_stop), which takes RTNL. As reported by users and syzbot, a deadlock is possible in the following scenario: CPU 0: - RTNL is held - e1000_close - e1000_down - cancel_work_sync (cancel / wait for e1000_reset_task()) CPU 1: - process_one_work - e1000_reset_task - take RTNL To remedy this, avoid calling cancel_work_sync from e1000_down (e1000_reset_task does nothing if the device is down anyway). Instead, call cancel_work_sync for e1000_reset_task when the device is being removed.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.12%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

2%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.01 pp

From 0.11% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.12%

Known exploited

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Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Ubuntu88 products
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.13All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ e400c7444d84b0fd2ebb34e618f83abe05917543, < 1fd4438ddcc4958ed24662d5125114299e19bae4 | ≥ e400c7444d84b0fd2ebb34e618f83abe05917543, < b4a8085ceefb7bbb12c2b71c55e71fc946c6929f | 6.13
  • linux_kernel≥ 6.13, < 6.15.3 | 6.16:rc1

2 vendors · 90 products

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