Vulnerability · Published Jul 4, 2025 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2025-38202bpf: Check rcu_read_lock_trace_held() in bpf_map_lookup_percpu_elem()

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-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 8% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 92.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Check rcu_read_lock_trace_held() in bpf_map_lookup_percpu_elem() bpf_map_lookup_percpu_elem() helper is also available for sleepable bpf program. When BPF JIT is disabled or under 32-bit host, bpf_map_lookup_percpu_elem() will not be inlined. Using it in a sleepable bpf program will trigger the warning in bpf_map_lookup_percpu_elem(), because the bpf program only holds rcu_read_lock_trace lock. Therefore, add the missed check.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux:10kernel6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:10kernel-64k6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:10kernel-64k-core6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:10kernel-64k-debug6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:10kernel-64k-debug-core6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:10kernel-64k-debug-devel6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:10kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:10kernel-64k-debug-modules6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:10kernel-64k-debug-modules-core6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:10kernel-64k-debug-modules-extra6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:10kernel-64k-devel6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:10kernel-64k-devel-matched6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:10kernel-64k-modules6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:10kernel-64k-modules-core6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:10kernel-64k-modules-extra6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:10kernel-abi-stablelists6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:10kernel-core6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:10kernel-cross-headers6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:10kernel-debug6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:10kernel-debug-core6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:10kernel-debug-devel6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:10kernel-debug-devel-matched6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:10kernel-debug-modules6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:10kernel-debug-modules-core6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:10kernel-debug-modules-extra6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:10kernel-debug-uki-virt6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:10kernel-devel6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:10kernel-devel-matched6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:10kernel-doc6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:10kernel-headers6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:10kernel-modules6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:10kernel-modules-core6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:10kernel-modules-extra6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:10kernel-modules-extra-matched6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-64k6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-64k-core6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-64k-debug6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-64k-debug-core6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-64k-debug-devel6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules-core6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules-extra6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-64k-devel6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-64k-modules6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-64k-modules-core6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-64k-modules-extra6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-core6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-debug6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-debug-core6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-debug-devel6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-debug-modules6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-debug-modules-core6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-devel6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-modules6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-modules-core6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-modules-extra6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:10kernel-tools6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:10kernel-tools-libs6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:10kernel-tools-libs-devel6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:10kernel-uki-virt6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:10kernel-uki-virt-addons6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:10kernel-zfcpdump6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:10kernel-zfcpdump-core6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:10kernel-zfcpdump-devel6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:10kernel-zfcpdump-devel-matched6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:10kernel-zfcpdump-modules6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:10kernel-zfcpdump-modules-core6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:10kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:10libperf6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:10perf6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:10python3-perf6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:10rtla6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:10rv6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
Debian:12linux6.1.147-1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-38202
Debian:13linux6.12.35-1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-38202
Debian:14linux6.12.35-1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-38202
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux6.8.0-100.100UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38202
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38202
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws6.8.0-1046.49UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38202
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38202
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.146.14.0-1015.15~24.04.1USN-7833-3
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.146.14.0-1015.15~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38202
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38202
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38202
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.86.8.0-1046.49~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38202
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure6.8.0-1046.52UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38202
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38202
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38202
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.146.14.0-1014.14~24.04.1USN-7834-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.146.14.0-1014.14~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38202
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38202
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38202
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.86.8.0-1051.57~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38202
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde6.8.0-1046.53UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38202
Ubuntu:25.10linux-azure-fdeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38202
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38202
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38202
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.86.8.0-1046.53~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38202
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidiano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38202
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidia-6.146.14.0-1007.7UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38202
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidia-6.146.14.0-1007.7USN-7834-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp6.8.0-1047.50UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38202
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38202
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38202
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.146.14.0-1018.19~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38202
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.146.14.0-1018.19~24.04.1USN-7833-4
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38202
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38202
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.86.8.0-1047.50~22.04.2UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38202
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gke6.8.0-1043.48UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38202
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeop6.8.0-1030.33UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38202
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38202
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38202
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.146.14.0-34.34~24.04.1USN-7856-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38202
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38202
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.86.8.0-100.100~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38202
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibm6.8.0-1044.44UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38202
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm-6.86.8.0-1044.44~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38202
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-intelno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38202
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38202
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency6.8.0-100.100.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38202
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38202
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38202
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38202
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38202
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.86.8.0-100.100.1~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38202
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia6.8.0-1046.49UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38202
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38202
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38202
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38202
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.86.8.0-1046.49~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38202
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-lowlatency6.8.0-1046.49.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38202
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra6.8.0-1020.20UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38202
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38202
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38202
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38202
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38202
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.146.14.0-1014.14USN-7833-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.146.14.0-1014.14UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38202
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38202
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38202
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle6.8.0-1043.44UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38202
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.146.14.0-1015.15~24.04.1USN-7833-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.146.14.0-1015.15~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38202
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38202
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.86.8.0-1043.44~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38202
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi6.8.0-1047.51UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38202
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38202
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38202
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38202
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38202
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38202
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38202
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.146.14.0-34.34.1~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38202
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38202
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.86.8.0-100.100~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38202
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38202
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38202
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38202
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-xilinx6.8.0-1023.24UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38202

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 07343110b293456d30393e89b86c4dee1ac051c8 – before 2f8c69a72e8ad87b36b8052f789da3cc2b2e186c07343110b293456d30393e89b86c4dee1ac051c8 – before 7bf4461f1c97207fda757014690d55a447ce859f07343110b293456d30393e89b86c4dee1ac051c8 – before 2d834477bbc1e8b8a59ff8b0c081529d6bed7b2207343110b293456d30393e89b86c4dee1ac051c8 – before b522d4d334f206284b1a44b0b0b2f99fd443b39b07343110b293456d30393e89b86c4dee1ac051c8 – before d4965578267e2e81f67c86e2608481e77e9c8569
Linux Linux 5.19

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