Improper Locking Affecting linux-virt package, versions <6.12.37-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.02% (4th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-MINIMOSLATEST-LINUXVIRT-14058904
  • published20 Nov 2025
  • disclosed25 Jul 2025

Introduced: 25 Jul 2025

CVE-2025-38353  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-667  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Minimos:latest linux-virt to version 6.12.37-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

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

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

drm/xe: Fix taking invalid lock on wedge

If device wedges on e.g. GuC upload, the submission is not yet enabled and the state is not even initialized. Protect the wedge call so it does nothing in this case. It fixes the following splat:

[] xe 0000:bf:00.0: [drm] device wedged, needs recovery
[] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[] DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(lock-&gt;magic != lock)
[] WARNING: CPU: 48 PID: 312 at kernel/locking/mutex.c:564 __mutex_lock+0x8a1/0xe60
...
[] RIP: 0010:__mutex_lock+0x8a1/0xe60
[]  mutex_lock_nested+0x1b/0x30
[]  xe_guc_submit_wedge+0x80/0x2b0 [xe]

CVSS Base Scores

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