{"id":"CVE-2025-38023","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2025-38023","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T03:42:33.364Z","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfs: handle failure of nfs_get_lock_context in unlock path When memory is insufficient, the allocation of nfs_lock_context in nfs_get_lock_context() fails and returns -ENOMEM.","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnfs: handle failure of nfs_get_lock_context in unlock path\n\nWhen memory is insufficient, the allocation of nfs_lock_context in\nnfs_get_lock_context() fails and returns -ENOMEM. If we mistakenly treat\nan nfs4_unlockdata structure (whose l_ctx member has been set to -ENOMEM)\nas valid and proceed to execute rpc_run_task(), this will trigger a NULL\npointer dereference in nfs4_locku_prepare. For example:\n\nBUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 000000000000000c\nPGD 0 P4D 0\nOops: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP PTI\nCPU: 15 UID: 0 PID: 12 Comm: kworker/u64:0 Not tainted 6.15.0-rc2-dirty #60\nHardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.16.3-2.fc40\nWorkqueue: rpciod rpc_async_schedule\nRIP: 0010:nfs4_locku_prepare+0x35/0xc2\nCode: 89 f2 48 89 fd 48 c7 c7 68 69 ef b5 53 48 8b 8e 90 00 00 00 48 89 f3\nRSP: 0018:ffffbbafc006bdb8 EFLAGS: 00010246\nRAX: 000000000000004b RBX: ffff9b964fc1fa00 RCX: 0000000000000000\nRDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: fffffffffffffff4 RDI: ffff9ba53fddbf40\nRBP: ffff9ba539934000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffffbbafc006bc38\nR10: ffffffffb6b689c8 R11: 0000000000000003 R12: ffff9ba539934030\nR13: 0000000000000001 R14: 0000000004248060 R15: ffffffffb56d1c30\nFS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff9ba5881f0000(0000) knlGS:00000000\nCS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\nCR2: 000000000000000c CR3: 000000093f244000 CR4: 00000000000006f0\nCall Trace:\n <TASK>\n __rpc_execute+0xbc/0x480\n rpc_async_schedule+0x2f/0x40\n process_one_work+0x232/0x5d0\n worker_thread+0x1da/0x3d0\n ? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10\n kthread+0x10d/0x240\n ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10\n ret_from_fork+0x34/0x50\n ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10\n ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30\n </TASK>\nModules linked in:\nCR2: 000000000000000c\n---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---\n\nFree the allocated nfs4_unlockdata when nfs_get_lock_context() fails and\nreturn NULL to terminate subsequent rpc_run_task, preventing NULL pointer\ndereference.","published":"2025-06-18T10:15:34.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T09:15:54.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":5.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-476"],"affected":["linux/linux kernel","debian/debian linux"],"epss":{"score":0.0023,"percentile":0.13704,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.23%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c189fd40a09a03f9a900bedb2d9064f1734d72a","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/72f552e00c50f265896d3c19edc6696aa2910081","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/85fb7f8ca5f8c138579fdfc9b97b3083e6077d40","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a6879a076b98c99c9fe747816fe1c29543442441","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c457dc1ec770a22636b473ce5d35614adfe97636","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/da824f1271633bcb515ca8084cda3eda4b3ace51","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/db6f5ee1fc8f54d079d0751292c2fc2d78e3aad1","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f601960af04d2ecb007c928ba153d34051acd9c1","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/08/msg00010.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-38023","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}