Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 16, 2025· Updated Nov 3, 2025
kasan: remove kasan_find_vm_area() to prevent possible deadlock
CVE-2025-38510
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
kasan: remove kasan_find_vm_area() to prevent possible deadlock
find_vm_area() couldn't be called in atomic_context. If find_vm_area() is called to reports vm area information, kasan can trigger deadlock like:
CPU0 CPU1 vmalloc(); alloc_vmap_area(); spin_lock(&vn->busy.lock) spin_lock_bh(&some_lock);
spin_lock(&some_lock);
kasan_report(); print_report(); print_address_description(); kasan_find_vm_area(); find_vm_area(); spin_lock(&vn->busy.lock) // deadlock!
To prevent possible deadlock while kasan reports, remove kasan_find_vm_area().
Affected products
2- Linux/Linuxv5Range: 5.18
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
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References
5- git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c3566d831def922cd56322c772a7b20d8b0e0c0mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d89dab1ea6086e6cbe6fe92531b496fb6808cb9mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/595f78d99b9051600233c0a5c4c47e1097e6ed01mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/6ee9b3d84775944fb8c8a447961cd01274ac671cmitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/8377d7744bdce5c4b3f1b58924eebd3fdc078dfcmitre
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