CVE-2025-38344

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Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-38344
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-38344.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2025-38344
Downstream
Related
Published
2025-07-10T09:15:29Z
Modified
2025-08-12T21:51:24.320228Z
Summary
[none]
Details

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

ACPICA: fix acpi parse and parseext cache leaks

ACPICA commit 8829e70e1360c81e7a5a901b5d4f48330e021ea5

I'm Seunghun Han, and I work for National Security Research Institute of South Korea.

I have been doing a research on ACPI and found an ACPI cache leak in ACPI early abort cases.

Boot log of ACPI cache leak is as follows: [ 0.352414] ACPI: Added OSI(Module Device) [ 0.353182] ACPI: Added _OSI(Processor Device) [ 0.353182] ACPI: Added _OSI(3.0 _SCP Extensions) [ 0.353182] ACPI: Added _OSI(Processor Aggregator Device) [ 0.356028] ACPI: Unable to start the ACPI Interpreter [ 0.356799] ACPI Error: Could not remove SCI handler (20170303/evmisc-281) [ 0.360215] kmemcachedestroy Acpi-State: Slab cache still has objects [ 0.360648] CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Tainted: G W 4.12.0-rc4-next-20170608+ #10 [ 0.361273] Hardware name: innotek gmbh virtualbox/virtualbox, BIOS virtualbox 12/01/2006 [ 0.361873] Call Trace: [ 0.362243] ? dumpstack+0x5c/0x81 [ 0.362591] ? kmemcachedestroy+0x1aa/0x1c0 [ 0.362944] ? acpisleepprocinit+0x27/0x27 [ 0.363296] ? acpiosdeletecache+0xa/0x10 [ 0.363646] ? acpiutdeletecaches+0x6d/0x7b [ 0.364000] ? acpiterminate+0xa/0x14 [ 0.364000] ? acpiinit+0x2af/0x34f [ 0.364000] ? _classcreate+0x4c/0x80 [ 0.364000] ? videosetup+0x7f/0x7f [ 0.364000] ? acpisleepprocinit+0x27/0x27 [ 0.364000] ? dooneinitcall+0x4e/0x1a0 [ 0.364000] ? kernelinitfreeable+0x189/0x20a [ 0.364000] ? restinit+0xc0/0xc0 [ 0.364000] ? kernelinit+0xa/0x100 [ 0.364000] ? retfrom_fork+0x25/0x30

I analyzed this memory leak in detail. I found that “Acpi-State” cache and “Acpi-Parse” cache were merged because the size of cache objects was same slab cache size.

I finally found “Acpi-Parse” cache and “Acpi-parseext” cache were leaked using SLABNEVERMERGE flag in kmemcache_create() function.

Real ACPI cache leak point is as follows: [ 0.360101] ACPI: Added OSI(Module Device) [ 0.360101] ACPI: Added _OSI(Processor Device) [ 0.360101] ACPI: Added _OSI(3.0 _SCP Extensions) [ 0.361043] ACPI: Added _OSI(Processor Aggregator Device) [ 0.364016] ACPI: Unable to start the ACPI Interpreter [ 0.365061] ACPI Error: Could not remove SCI handler (20170303/evmisc-281) [ 0.368174] kmemcachedestroy Acpi-Parse: Slab cache still has objects [ 0.369332] CPU: 1 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Tainted: G W 4.12.0-rc4-next-20170608+ #8 [ 0.371256] Hardware name: innotek gmbh virtualbox/virtualbox, BIOS virtualbox 12/01/2006 [ 0.372000] Call Trace: [ 0.372000] ? dumpstack+0x5c/0x81 [ 0.372000] ? kmemcachedestroy+0x1aa/0x1c0 [ 0.372000] ? acpisleepprocinit+0x27/0x27 [ 0.372000] ? acpiosdeletecache+0xa/0x10 [ 0.372000] ? acpiutdeletecaches+0x56/0x7b [ 0.372000] ? acpiterminate+0xa/0x14 [ 0.372000] ? acpiinit+0x2af/0x34f [ 0.372000] ? _classcreate+0x4c/0x80 [ 0.372000] ? videosetup+0x7f/0x7f [ 0.372000] ? acpisleepprocinit+0x27/0x27 [ 0.372000] ? dooneinitcall+0x4e/0x1a0 [ 0.372000] ? kernelinitfreeable+0x189/0x20a [ 0.372000] ? restinit+0xc0/0xc0 [ 0.372000] ? kernelinit+0xa/0x100 [ 0.372000] ? retfromfork+0x25/0x30 [ 0.388039] kmemcachedestroy Acpi-parseext: Slab cache still has objects [ 0.389063] CPU: 1 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Tainted: G W 4.12.0-rc4-next-20170608+ #8 [ 0.390557] Hardware name: innotek gmbh virtualbox/virtualbox, BIOS virtualbox 12/01/2006 [ 0.392000] Call Trace: [ 0.392000] ? dumpstack+0x5c/0x81 [ 0.392000] ? kmemcachedestroy+0x1aa/0x1c0 [ 0.392000] ? acpisleepprocinit+0x27/0x27 [ 0.392000] ? acpiosdeletecache+0xa/0x10 [ 0.392000] ? acpiutdeletecaches+0x6d/0x7b [ 0.392000] ? acpiterminate+0xa/0x14 [ 0.392000] ? acpiinit+0x2af/0x3 ---truncated---

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / linux

Package

Name
linux
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

5.*

5.10.46-4
5.10.46-5
5.10.70-1~bpo10+1
5.10.70-1
5.10.84-1
5.10.92-1~bpo10+1
5.10.92-1
5.10.92-2
5.10.103-1~bpo10+1
5.10.103-1
5.10.106-1
5.10.113-1
5.10.120-1~bpo10+1
5.10.120-1
5.10.127-1
5.10.127-2~bpo10+1
5.10.127-2
5.10.136-1
5.10.140-1
5.10.148-1
5.10.149-1
5.10.149-2
5.10.158-1
5.10.158-2
5.10.162-1
5.10.178-1
5.10.178-2
5.10.178-3
5.10.179-1
5.10.179-2
5.10.179-3
5.10.179-4
5.10.179-5
5.10.191-1
5.10.197-1
5.10.205-1
5.10.205-2
5.10.209-1
5.10.209-2
5.10.216-1
5.10.218-1
5.10.221-1
5.10.223-1
5.10.226-1
5.10.234-1
5.10.237-1
5.13.9-1~exp1
5.13.9-1~exp2
5.13.12-1~exp1
5.14-1~exp1
5.14-1~exp2
5.14.1-1~exp1
5.14.2-1~exp1
5.14.3-1~exp1
5.14.6-1
5.14.6-2
5.14.6-3
5.14.9-1
5.14.9-2~bpo11+1
5.14.9-2
5.14.12-1
5.14.16-1
5.15-1~exp1
5.15.1-1~exp1
5.15.2-1~exp1
5.15.3-1
5.15.5-1
5.15.5-2~bpo11+1
5.15.5-2
5.15.15-1
5.15.15-2~bpo11+1
5.15.15-2
5.16~rc1-1~exp1
5.16~rc3-1~exp1
5.16~rc4-1~exp1
5.16~rc5-1~exp1
5.16~rc6-1~exp1
5.16~rc7-1~exp1
5.16~rc8-1~exp1
5.16.3-1~exp1
5.16.4-1~exp1
5.16.7-1
5.16.7-2
5.16.10-1
5.16.11-1~bpo11+1
5.16.11-1
5.16.12-1~bpo11+1
5.16.12-1
5.16.14-1
5.16.18-1
5.17~rc3-1~exp1
5.17~rc4-1~exp1
5.17~rc5-1~exp1
5.17~rc6-1~exp1
5.17~rc7-1~exp1
5.17~rc8-1~exp1
5.17.1-1~exp1
5.17.3-1
5.17.6-1
5.17.11-1
5.18-1~exp1
5.18.2-1~bpo11+1
5.18.2-1
5.18.5-1
5.18.14-1~bpo11+1
5.18.14-1
5.18.16-1~bpo11+1
5.18.16-1
5.19~rc4-1~exp1
5.19~rc6-1~exp1
5.19-1~exp1
5.19.6-1
5.19.11-1~bpo11+1
5.19.11-1

6.*

6.0~rc7-1~exp1
6.0-1~exp1
6.0.2-1
6.0.3-1~bpo11+1
6.0.3-1
6.0.5-1
6.0.6-1
6.0.6-2
6.0.7-1
6.0.8-1
6.0.10-1
6.0.10-2
6.0.12-1~bpo11+1
6.0.12-1
6.0.12-1+alpha
6.1~rc3-1~exp1
6.1~rc5-1~exp1
6.1~rc6-1~exp1
6.1~rc7-1~exp1
6.1~rc8-1~exp1
6.1.1-1~exp1
6.1.1-1~exp2
6.1.2-1~exp1
6.1.4-1
6.1.7-1
6.1.8-1
6.1.8-1+sh4
6.1.11-1
6.1.12-1~bpo11+1
6.1.12-1
6.1.15-1~bpo11+1
6.1.15-1
6.1.20-1~bpo11+1
6.1.20-1
6.1.20-2~bpo11+1
6.1.20-2
6.1.25-1
6.1.27-1~bpo11+1
6.1.27-1
6.1.37-1
6.1.38-1
6.1.38-2~bpo11+1
6.1.38-2
6.1.38-3
6.1.38-4~bpo11+1
6.1.38-4
6.1.52-1
6.1.55-1~bpo11+1
6.1.55-1
6.1.64-1
6.1.66-1
6.1.67-1
6.1.69-1~bpo11+1
6.1.69-1
6.1.76-1~bpo11+1
6.1.76-1
6.1.82-1
6.1.85-1
6.1.90-1~bpo11+1
6.1.90-1
6.1.94-1~bpo11+1
6.1.94-1
6.1.98-1
6.1.99-1
6.1.106-1
6.1.106-2
6.1.106-3
6.1.112-1
6.1.115-1
6.1.119-1
6.1.123-1
6.1.124-1
6.1.128-1
6.1.129-1
6.1.133-1
6.1.135-1
6.1.137-1
6.1.139-1
6.1.140-1
6.1.147-1
6.3.1-1~exp1
6.3.2-1~exp1
6.3.4-1~exp1
6.3.5-1~exp1
6.3.7-1~bpo12+1
6.3.7-1
6.3.11-1
6.4~rc6-1~exp1
6.4~rc7-1~exp1
6.4.1-1~exp1
6.4.4-1~bpo12+1
6.4.4-1
6.4.4-2
6.4.4-3~bpo12+1
6.4.4-3
6.4.11-1
6.4.13-1
6.5~rc4-1~exp1
6.5~rc6-1~exp1
6.5~rc7-1~exp1
6.5.1-1~exp1
6.5.3-1~bpo12+1
6.5.3-1
6.5.6-1
6.5.8-1
6.5.10-1~bpo12+1
6.5.10-1
6.5.13-1
6.6.3-1~exp1
6.6.4-1~exp1
6.6.7-1~exp1
6.6.8-1
6.6.9-1
6.6.11-1
6.6.13-1~bpo12+1
6.6.13-1
6.6.15-1
6.6.15-2
6.7-1~exp1
6.7.1-1~exp1
6.7.4-1~exp1
6.7.7-1
6.7.9-1
6.7.9-2
6.7.12-1~bpo12+1
6.7.12-1
6.8.9-1
6.8.11-1
6.8.12-1~bpo12+1
6.8.12-1
6.9.2-1~exp1
6.9.7-1~bpo12+1
6.9.7-1
6.9.8-1
6.9.9-1
6.9.10-1~bpo12+1
6.9.10-1
6.9.11-1
6.9.12-1
6.10-1~exp1
6.10.1-1~exp1
6.10.3-1
6.10.4-1
6.10.6-1~bpo12+1
6.10.6-1
6.10.7-1
6.10.9-1
6.10.11-1~bpo12+1
6.10.11-1
6.10.12-1
6.11~rc4-1~exp1
6.11~rc5-1~exp1
6.11-1~exp1
6.11.2-1
6.11.4-1
6.11.5-1~bpo12+1
6.11.5-1
6.11.6-1
6.11.7-1
6.11.9-1
6.11.10-1~bpo12+1
6.11.10-1
6.12~rc6-1~exp1
6.12.3-1
6.12.5-1
6.12.6-1
6.12.8-1
6.12.9-1~bpo12+1
6.12.9-1
6.12.9-1+alpha
6.12.10-1
6.12.11-1
6.12.11-1+alpha
6.12.11-1+alpha.1
6.12.12-1~bpo12+1
6.12.12-1
6.12.13-1
6.12.15-1
6.12.16-1
6.12.17-1
6.12.19-1
6.12.20-1
6.12.21-1
6.12.22-1~bpo12+1
6.12.22-1
6.12.25-1
6.12.27-1~bpo12+1
6.12.27-1
6.12.29-1
6.12.30-1~bpo12+1
6.12.30-1
6.12.31-1
6.12.32-1~bpo12+1
6.12.32-1
6.12.33-1~bpo12+1
6.12.33-1
6.12.35-1~bpo12+1
6.12.35-1
6.12.37-1
6.12.38-1~bpo12+1
6.12.38-1
6.13~rc6-1~exp1
6.13~rc7-1~exp1
6.13.2-1~exp1
6.13.3-1~exp1
6.13.4-1~exp1
6.13.5-1~exp1
6.13.6-1~exp1
6.13.7-1~exp1
6.13.8-1~exp1
6.13.9-1~exp1
6.13.10-1~exp1
6.13.11-1~exp1
6.14.3-1~exp1
6.14.5-1~exp1
6.14.6-1~exp1
6.15~rc7-1~exp1
6.15-1~exp1
6.15.1-1~exp1
6.15.2-1~exp1
6.15.3-1~exp1
6.15.4-1~exp1
6.15.5-1~exp1
6.15.6-1~exp1
6.16~rc7-1~exp1
6.16-1~exp1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / linux

Package

Name
linux
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
6.1.147-1

Affected versions

6.*

6.1.27-1
6.1.37-1
6.1.38-1
6.1.38-2~bpo11+1
6.1.38-2
6.1.38-3
6.1.38-4~bpo11+1
6.1.38-4
6.1.52-1
6.1.55-1~bpo11+1
6.1.55-1
6.1.64-1
6.1.66-1
6.1.67-1
6.1.69-1~bpo11+1
6.1.69-1
6.1.76-1~bpo11+1
6.1.76-1
6.1.82-1
6.1.85-1
6.1.90-1~bpo11+1
6.1.90-1
6.1.94-1~bpo11+1
6.1.94-1
6.1.98-1
6.1.99-1
6.1.106-1
6.1.106-2
6.1.106-3
6.1.112-1
6.1.115-1
6.1.119-1
6.1.123-1
6.1.124-1
6.1.128-1
6.1.129-1
6.1.133-1
6.1.135-1
6.1.137-1
6.1.139-1
6.1.140-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / linux

Package

Name
linux
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
6.12.35-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / linux

Package

Name
linux
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
6.12.35-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}