High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Jul 3, 2025· Updated Jul 30, 2026

CVE-2025-38101

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ring-buffer: Fix buffer locking in ring_buffer_subbuf_order_set()

Enlarge the critical section in ring_buffer_subbuf_order_set() to ensure that error handling takes place with per-buffer mutex held, thus preventing list corruption and other concurrency-related issues.

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Affected products

Linux/Kernelllm-fuzzy3 versions
(expand)+ 2 more
- (no CPE)
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=6.8,<6.12.34
- (no CPE)range: 6.8
osv-coords37 versions
pkg:rpm/opensuse/dtb-aarch64&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0 pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-default&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0 pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-docs&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0 pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-rt&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0 pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-source&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0 pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-syms&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0 pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-zfcpdump&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0 pkg:linux/kernel pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-64kb&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20applications%2016.0 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default-base&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20applications%2016.0 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-docs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20applications%2016.0 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-kvmsmall&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20applications%2016.0 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-obs-qa&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20applications%2016.0 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20applications%2016.0 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20applications%2016.0 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-zfcpdump&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20applications%2016.0 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Availability%20Extension%2016.0 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20applications%2016.0 pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-64kb&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0 pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-kvmsmall&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2016.0 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default-base&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2016.0 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-docs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2016.0 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-kvmsmall&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2016.0 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-obs-qa&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2016.0 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2016.0 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2016.0 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-zfcpdump&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2016.0 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-64kb&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.2 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.2 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default-base&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.2 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-rt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.2 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.2 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-64kb&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2016.0 pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-default-base&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0 pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-obs-build&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0 pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-obs-qa&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0
< 6.12.0-160000.6.1+ 36 more
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.6.1
- (no CPE)range: >= 6.8.0, < 6.12.34
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.6.1.160000.2.4
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.6.1.160000.2.4
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.6.1.160000.2.4
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.6.1.160000.2.4
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.6.1

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epss	0.000
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kev	0.000
patch	0.000
ransomware	0.000

CVE-2025-38101

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