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CVE-2025-38696

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CVE-2025-38696

Published: Sep 4, 2025

Modified: May 23, 2026

PUBLISHED

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: MIPS: Don't crash in stack_top() for tasks without ABI or vDSO Not all tasks have an ABI associated or vDSO mapped, for example kthreads never do. If such a task ever ends up calling stack_top(), it will derefence the NULL ABI pointer and crash. This can for example happen when using kunit: mips_stack_top+0x28/0xc0 arch_pick_mmap_layout+0x190/0x220 kunit_vm_mmap_init+0xf8/0x138 __kunit_add_resource+0x40/0xa8 kunit_vm_mmap+0x88/0xd8 usercopy_test_init+0xb8/0x240 kunit_try_run_case+0x5c/0x1a8 kunit_generic_run_threadfn_adapter+0x28/0x50 kthread+0x118/0x240 ret_from_kernel_thread+0x14/0x1c Only dereference the ABI point if it is set. The GIC page is also included as it is specific to the vDSO. Also move the randomization adjustment into the same conditional.

VendorProductVersions

Linux

Linux

affected
ea7e0480a4b695d0aa6b3fa99bd658a003122113 - < ab18e48a503230d675e824a0d68a108bdff42503
affected
ea7e0480a4b695d0aa6b3fa99bd658a003122113 - < e78033e59444d257d095b73ce5d20625294f6ec2
affected
ea7e0480a4b695d0aa6b3fa99bd658a003122113 - < bd90dbd196831f5c2620736dc221db2634cf1e8e
affected
ea7e0480a4b695d0aa6b3fa99bd658a003122113 - < 5b6839b572b503609b9b58bc6c04a816eefa0794
affected
ea7e0480a4b695d0aa6b3fa99bd658a003122113 - < f22de2027b206ddfb8a075800bb5d0dacf2da4b8

+8 more versions

Linux

Linux

affected
4.19
unaffected
0 - < 4.19
unaffected
5.4.297 - <= 5.4.*
unaffected
5.10.241 - <= 5.10.*
unaffected
5.15.190 - <= 5.15.*

+6 more versions

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