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CVE-2025-38261

HIGH 7.8 ALL-YEARS

Published 2025-07-09 · Last modified 2026-10-21 · Linux · NVD: Modified

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: riscv: save the SR_SUM status over switches When threads/tasks are switched we need to ensure the old execution's SR_SUM state is saved and the new thread has the old SR_SUM state restored. The issue was seen under heavy load especially with the syz-stress tool running, with crashes as follows in schedule_tail: Unable to handle kernel access to user memory without uaccess routines at virtual address 000000002749f0d0 Oops [#1] Modules linked in: CPU: 1 PID: 4875 Comm: syz-executor.0 Not tainted 5.12.0-rc2-syzkaller-00467-g0d7588ab9ef9 #0 Hardware name: riscv-virtio,qemu (DT) epc : schedule_tail+0x72/0xb2 kernel/sched/core.c:4264 ra : task_pid_vnr include/linux/sched.h:1421 [inline] ra : schedule_tail+0x70/0xb2 kernel/sched/core.c:4264 epc : ffffffe00008c8b0 ra : ffffffe00008c8ae sp : ffffffe025d17ec0 gp : ffffffe005d25378 tp : ffffffe00f0d0000 t0 : 0000000000000000 t1 : 0000000000000001 t2 : 00000000000f4240 s0 : ffffffe025d17ee0 s1 : 000000002749f0d0 a0 : 000000000000002a a1 : 0000000000000003 a2 : 1ffffffc0cfac500 a3 : ffffffe0000c80cc a4 : 5ae9db91c19bbe00 a5 : 0000000000000000 a6 : 0000000000f00000 a7 : ffffffe000082eba s2 : 0000000000040000 s3 : ffffffe00eef96c0 s4 : ffffffe022c77fe0 s5 : 0000000000004000 s6 : ffffffe067d74e00 s7 : ffffffe067d74850 s8 : ffffffe067d73e18 s9 : ffffffe067d74e00 s10: ffffffe00eef96e8 s11: 000000ae6cdf8368 t3 : 5ae9db91c19bbe00 t4 : ffffffc4043cafb2 t5 : ffffff

ELEVATED IMPACT

Severe if exploited (CVSS 7.8), but no confirmed exploitation. Patch on a normal cadence.

Exploitation likelihood

0.2%chance of exploitation in 30 days · 15th percentile

○ In CISA KEV○ Catalogued PoC

Impact if exploited

7.8CVSS 3.1 · HIGH · CNA

  • ConfidentialityHigh
  • IntegrityHigh
  • AvailabilityHigh

What an attacker needs

  • ⚠Access: Requires local access to the host
  • ⚠Privileges: Requires a low-privilege account
  • ✓User interaction: No user interaction needed
  • ✓Complexity: No special conditions — reliably repeatable

✓ lowers the bar for an attacker · ⚠ raises it

Proof of concept

No public PoC is currently catalogued.

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Affected

Vendors Linux

Products Linux Linux Kernel

Weakness (CWE)

Not classified.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Vendor product assessments

Showing 32 of 274 vendor product statements; 242 omitted. Read the full vendor advisory.

  • kernel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · known not affected

    Vendor assessment for this product only.

    Reason: vulnerable code not present

    pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel

    Red Hat · CVE-2025-38261 · Updated 2026-06-30T10:32:27+00:00
  • kernel-64k-debug-modules-extra as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · known not affected

    Vendor assessment for this product only.

    Reason: vulnerable code not present

    pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-64k-debug-modules-extra

    Red Hat · CVE-2025-38261 · Updated 2026-06-30T10:32:27+00:00
  • kernel-debug-core as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · known not affected

    Vendor assessment for this product only.

    Reason: vulnerable code not present

    pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-debug-core

    Red Hat · CVE-2025-38261 · Updated 2026-06-30T10:32:27+00:00
  • kernel-devel-matched as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · known not affected

    Vendor assessment for this product only.

    Reason: vulnerable code not present

    pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-devel-matched

    Red Hat · CVE-2025-38261 · Updated 2026-06-30T10:32:27+00:00
  • kernel-rt-64k-debug as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · known not affected

    Vendor assessment for this product only.

    Reason: vulnerable code not present

    pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-rt-64k-debug

    Red Hat · CVE-2025-38261 · Updated 2026-06-30T10:32:27+00:00
  • kernel-rt-64k-modules-extra as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · known not affected

    Vendor assessment for this product only.

    Reason: vulnerable code not present

    pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-rt-64k-modules-extra

    Red Hat · CVE-2025-38261 · Updated 2026-06-30T10:32:27+00:00
  • kernel-rt-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · known not affected

    Vendor assessment for this product only.

    Reason: vulnerable code not present

    pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-rt-devel

    Red Hat · CVE-2025-38261 · Updated 2026-06-30T10:32:27+00:00
  • kernel-uki-virt-addons as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · known not affected

    Vendor assessment for this product only.

    Reason: vulnerable code not present

    pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-uki-virt-addons

    Red Hat · CVE-2025-38261 · Updated 2026-06-30T10:32:27+00:00
  • kernel.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · known not affected

    Vendor assessment for this product only.

    Reason: vulnerable code not present

    pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel?arch=src

    Red Hat · CVE-2025-38261 · Updated 2026-06-30T10:32:27+00:00
  • kernel-debug as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 · known not affected

    Vendor assessment for this product only.

    Reason: vulnerable code not present

    pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-debug

    Red Hat · CVE-2025-38261 · Updated 2026-06-30T10:32:27+00:00
  • perf as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 · known not affected

    Vendor assessment for this product only.

    Reason: vulnerable code not present

    pkg:rpm/redhat/perf

    Red Hat · CVE-2025-38261 · Updated 2026-06-30T10:32:27+00:00
  • kernel-doc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 · known not affected

    Vendor assessment for this product only.

    Reason: vulnerable code not present

    pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-doc

    Red Hat · CVE-2025-38261 · Updated 2026-06-30T10:32:27+00:00
  • kernel-rt-doc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 · known not affected

    Vendor assessment for this product only.

    Reason: vulnerable code not present

    pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-rt-doc

    Red Hat · CVE-2025-38261 · Updated 2026-06-30T10:32:27+00:00
  • kernel-tools-libs-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 · known not affected

    Vendor assessment for this product only.

    Reason: vulnerable code not present

    pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-tools-libs-devel

    Red Hat · CVE-2025-38261 · Updated 2026-06-30T10:32:27+00:00
  • kernel-cross-headers as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 · known not affected

    Vendor assessment for this product only.

    Reason: vulnerable code not present

    pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-cross-headers

    Red Hat · CVE-2025-38261 · Updated 2026-06-30T10:32:27+00:00
  • kernel-headers as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 · known not affected

    Vendor assessment for this product only.

    Reason: vulnerable code not present

    pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-headers

    Red Hat · CVE-2025-38261 · Updated 2026-06-30T10:32:27+00:00
  • kernel-rt-debug-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 · known not affected

    Vendor assessment for this product only.

    Reason: vulnerable code not present

    pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-rt-debug-devel

    Red Hat · CVE-2025-38261 · Updated 2026-06-30T10:32:27+00:00
  • kernel-rt-modules-internal as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 · known not affected

    Vendor assessment for this product only.

    Reason: vulnerable code not present

    pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-rt-modules-internal

    Red Hat · CVE-2025-38261 · Updated 2026-06-30T10:32:27+00:00
  • kernel-zfcpdump-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 · known not affected

    Vendor assessment for this product only.

    Reason: vulnerable code not present

    pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-zfcpdump-devel

    Red Hat · CVE-2025-38261 · Updated 2026-06-30T10:32:27+00:00
  • kernel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · known not affected

    Vendor assessment for this product only.

    Reason: vulnerable code not present

    pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel

    Red Hat · CVE-2025-38261 · Updated 2026-06-30T10:32:27+00:00
  • kernel-64k-debug-modules-extra as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · known not affected

    Vendor assessment for this product only.

    Reason: vulnerable code not present

    pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-64k-debug-modules-extra

    Red Hat · CVE-2025-38261 · Updated 2026-06-30T10:32:27+00:00
  • kernel-64k-modules-partner as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · known not affected

    Vendor assessment for this product only.

    Reason: vulnerable code not present

    pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-64k-modules-partner

    Red Hat · CVE-2025-38261 · Updated 2026-06-30T10:32:27+00:00
  • kernel-debug-modules-core as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · known not affected

    Vendor assessment for this product only.

    Reason: vulnerable code not present

    pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-debug-modules-core

    Red Hat · CVE-2025-38261 · Updated 2026-06-30T10:32:27+00:00
  • kernel-headers as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · known not affected

    Vendor assessment for this product only.

    Reason: vulnerable code not present

    pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-headers

    Red Hat · CVE-2025-38261 · Updated 2026-06-30T10:32:27+00:00
  • kernel-rt-64k as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · known not affected

    Vendor assessment for this product only.

    Reason: vulnerable code not present

    pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-rt-64k

    Red Hat · CVE-2025-38261 · Updated 2026-06-30T10:32:27+00:00
  • kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules-extra as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · known not affected

    Vendor assessment for this product only.

    Reason: vulnerable code not present

    pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules-extra

    Red Hat · CVE-2025-38261 · Updated 2026-06-30T10:32:27+00:00
  • kernel-rt-64k-modules-internal as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · known not affected

    Vendor assessment for this product only.

    Reason: vulnerable code not present

    pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-rt-64k-modules-internal

    Red Hat · CVE-2025-38261 · Updated 2026-06-30T10:32:27+00:00
  • kernel-rt-debug-modules-core as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · known not affected

    Vendor assessment for this product only.

    Reason: vulnerable code not present

    pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-rt-debug-modules-core

    Red Hat · CVE-2025-38261 · Updated 2026-06-30T10:32:27+00:00
  • kernel-rt-modules-extra as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · known not affected

    Vendor assessment for this product only.

    Reason: vulnerable code not present

    pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-rt-modules-extra

    Red Hat · CVE-2025-38261 · Updated 2026-06-30T10:32:27+00:00
  • kernel-tools-libs-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · known not affected

    Vendor assessment for this product only.

    Reason: vulnerable code not present

    pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-tools-libs-devel

    Red Hat · CVE-2025-38261 · Updated 2026-06-30T10:32:27+00:00
  • kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · known not affected

    Vendor assessment for this product only.

    Reason: vulnerable code not present

    pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra

    Red Hat · CVE-2025-38261 · Updated 2026-06-30T10:32:27+00:00
  • rv as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · known not affected

    Vendor assessment for this product only.

    Reason: vulnerable code not present

    pkg:rpm/redhat/rv

    Red Hat · CVE-2025-38261 · Updated 2026-06-30T10:32:27+00:00

Known Affected Software Configurations

VendorProductVersion range
LinuxLinux Kernel≥ 4.15 and < 6.15.5

All CVSS metrics

  • HIGH 7.8 v3.1 · CNA Primary
    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • HIGH 7.8 v3.1 · NVD Secondary
    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • MEDIUM 5.5 v3.1 · NVD Primary
    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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