Vulnerability · CVE-2025-38101
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ring-buffer: Fix buffer locking in ring_buffer_subbuf_order_set() Enlarge the critical section in ring_buffer_su
Published Jul 3, 2025 · catalog updated Aug 5, 2026 · Linux Linux
Check this week
CVE-2025-38101 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 20.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run Linux Linux.
Gaps on this record
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
- Severity
- High7.8
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 20.00%
- Remediation
- Version ranges on file
- Affected products
- vendor Linux Linux f9b94daa542a8d2532f0930f01cd9aec2d19621b <40ee2afafc1d9fe3aa44a6fbe440d78a5c96a72e
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ring-buffer: Fix buffer locking in ring_buffer_subbuf_order_set() Enlarge the critical section in ring_buffer_subbuf_order_set() to ensure that error handling takes place with per-buffer mutex held, thus preventing list corruption and other concurrency-related issues.
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- vendor Linux Linux f9b94daa542a8d2532f0930f01cd9aec2d19621b <40ee2afafc1d9fe3aa44a6fbe440d78a5c96a72ef9b94daa542a8d2532f0930f01cd9aec2d19621b <40ee2afafc1d9fe3aa44a6fbe440d78a5c96a72e
How to fix CVE-2025-38101
Recommended remediation
Affected version ranges suggest a fixed boundary. Verify against the vendor advisory for your release.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
CVE-2025-38101 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 20.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run Linux Linux.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with Linux Linux f9b94daa542a8d2532f0930f01cd9aec2d19621b <40ee2afafc1d9fe3aa44a6fbe440d78a5c96a72e f9b94daa542a8d2532f0930f01cd9aec2d19621b <40ee2afafc1d9fe3aa44a6fbe440d78a5c96a72e. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
No weakness class is stored. EPSS 20.00%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Jul 3, 2025 · EUVD
Detected
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ring-buffer: Fix buffer locking in ring_buffer_subbuf_order_set() Enlarge the critical section in ring_buffer_subbuf_order_set() to ensure that error handling takes place with per-buffer mutex held, thus preventing list corruption and other concurrency-related issues.
Aug 5, 2026 · EUVD
Updated
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ring-buffer: Fix buffer locking in ring_buffer_subbuf_order_set() Enlarge the critical section in ring_buffer_subbuf_order_set() to ensure that error handling takes place with per-buffer mutex held, thus preventing list corruption and other concurrency-related issues.
Sources
- EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-19841
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ring-buffer: Fix buffer locking in ring_buffer_subbuf_order_set() Enlarge the critical section in ring_buffer_subbuf_order_set() to ensure that error handling takes place with per-buffer mutex held, thus preventi
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References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Aug 5, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.