Vulnerability · Published Jun 6, 2025 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2025-38002io_uring/fdinfo: grab ctx->uring_lock around io_uring_show_fdinfo()

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 15% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 85.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: io_uring/fdinfo: grab ctx->uring_lock around io_uring_show_fdinfo() Not everything requires locking in there, which is why the 'has_lock' variable exists. But enough does that it's a bit unwieldy to manage. Wrap the whole thing in a ->uring_lock trylock, and just return with no output if we fail to grab it. The existing trylock() will already have greatly diminished utility/output for the failure case. This fixes an issue with reading the SQE fields, if the ring is being actively resized at the same time.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38002
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38002
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.146.14.0-1011.11~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38002
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.146.14.0-1011.11~24.04.1USN-7699-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38002
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38002
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38002
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38002
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38002
Ubuntu:25.10linux-azure-fdeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38002
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38002
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38002
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38002
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.146.14.0-1014.15~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38002
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.146.14.0-1014.15~24.04.1USN-7699-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38002
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38002
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38002
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.146.14.0-28.28~24.04.1USN-7699-2
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38002
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38002
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38002
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38002
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38002
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38002
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38002
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38002
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38002
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38002
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38002
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.146.14.0-1010.10USN-7699-2
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.146.14.0-1010.10UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38002
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38002
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.146.14.0-1011.11~24.04.1USN-7699-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.146.14.0-1011.11~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38002
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38002
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38002
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38002
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38002
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38002
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38002
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.146.14.0-28.28.1~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38002
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38002
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38002
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38002
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38002

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 79cfe9e59c2a12c3b3faeeefe38d23f3d8030972 – before bdb7d2ec2e31c46c45d1f32667dfa8216a72705e79cfe9e59c2a12c3b3faeeefe38d23f3d8030972 – before d871198ee431d90f5308d53998c1ba1d5db5619a
Linux Linux 6.13

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