CVE-2025-38696 Affecting linux-6.1 package, versions <6.1.153-1~deb11u1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on default assessment until relevant scores are available.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-LINUX61-13542046
  • published14 Oct 2025
  • disclosed4 Sept 2025

Introduced: 4 Sep 2025

CVE-2025-38696  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 linux-6.1 to version 6.1.153-1~deb11u1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream linux-6.1 package and not the linux-6.1 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Base Scores

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