CVE-2025-38067
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
18/06/2025
Last modified:
17/12/2025
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:<br />
<br />
rseq: Fix segfault on registration when rseq_cs is non-zero<br />
<br />
The rseq_cs field is documented as being set to 0 by user-space prior to<br />
registration, however this is not currently enforced by the kernel. This<br />
can result in a segfault on return to user-space if the value stored in<br />
the rseq_cs field doesn&#39;t point to a valid struct rseq_cs.<br />
<br />
The correct solution to this would be to fail the rseq registration when<br />
the rseq_cs field is non-zero. However, some older versions of glibc<br />
will reuse the rseq area of previous threads without clearing the<br />
rseq_cs field and will also terminate the process if the rseq<br />
registration fails in a secondary thread. This wasn&#39;t caught in testing<br />
because in this case the leftover rseq_cs does point to a valid struct<br />
rseq_cs.<br />
<br />
What we can do is clear the rseq_cs field on registration when it&#39;s<br />
non-zero which will prevent segfaults on registration and won&#39;t break<br />
the glibc versions that reuse rseq areas on thread creation.
Impact
Base Score 3.x
5.50
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.18 (including) | 5.10.240 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.11 (including) | 5.15.189 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.16 (including) | 6.1.146 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.2 (including) | 6.6.99 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.7 (including) | 6.12.39 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.13 (including) | 6.14.9 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2df285dab00fa03a3ef939b6cb0d0d0aeb0791db
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3e4028ef31b69286c9d4878cee0330235f53f218
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/48900d839a3454050fd5822e34be8d54c4ec9b86
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b2b05d0dc2f4f0646922068af435aed5763d16ba
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eaf112069a904b6207b4106ff083e0208232a2eb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f004f58d18a2d3dc761cf973ad27b4a5997bd876
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fd881d0a085fc54354414aed990ccf05f282ba53
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html



