Vulnerability · CVE-2025-38306
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/fhandle.c: fix a race in call of has_locked_children() may_decode_fh() is calling has_locked_children() while
Published Jul 10, 2025 · catalog updated Aug 5, 2026 · Linux Linux
Check this week
CVE-2025-38306 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 14.00% 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
- 14.00%
- Remediation
- Version ranges on file
- Affected products
- vendor Linux Linux 620c266f394932e5decc4b34683a75dfc59dc2f4 <1f282cdc1d219c4a557f7009e81bc792820d9d9a
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/fhandle.c: fix a race in call of has_locked_children() may_decode_fh() is calling has_locked_children() while holding no locks. That's an oopsable race... The rest of the callers are safe since they are holding namespace_sem and are guaranteed a positive refcount on the mount in question. Rename the current has_locked_children() to __has_locked_children(), make it static and switch the fs/namespace.c users to it. Make has_locked_children() a wrapper for __has_locked_children(), calling the latter under read_seqlock_excl(&mo
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- vendor Linux Linux 620c266f394932e5decc4b34683a75dfc59dc2f4 <1f282cdc1d219c4a557f7009e81bc792820d9d9a620c266f394932e5decc4b34683a75dfc59dc2f4 <1f282cdc1d219c4a557f7009e81bc792820d9d9a
How to fix CVE-2025-38306
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-2025-38306 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 14.00% 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 620c266f394932e5decc4b34683a75dfc59dc2f4 <1f282cdc1d219c4a557f7009e81bc792820d9d9a 620c266f394932e5decc4b34683a75dfc59dc2f4 <1f282cdc1d219c4a557f7009e81bc792820d9d9a. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
No weakness class is stored. EPSS 14.00%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
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Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Jul 10, 2025 · EUVD
Detected
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/fhandle.c: fix a race in call of has_locked_children() may_decode_fh() is calling has_locked_children() while holding no locks. That's an oopsable race... The rest of the callers are safe since they are holding namespace_sem and are guaranteed a positive refcount on the mount in question. Rename the current has_locked_children(
Aug 5, 2026 · EUVD
Updated
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/fhandle.c: fix a race in call of has_locked_children() may_decode_fh() is calling has_locked_children() while holding no locks. That's an oopsable race... The rest of the callers are safe since they are holding namespace_sem and are guaranteed a positive refcount on the mount in question. Rename the current has_locked_children(
Sources
- EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-20942
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/fhandle.c: fix a race in call of has_locked_children() may_decode_fh() is calling has_locked_children() while holding no locks. That's an oopsable race... The rest of the callers are safe since they are holdin
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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.