In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
kasan: remove kasanfindvm_area() to prevent possible deadlock
findvmarea() couldn't be called in atomiccontext. If findvm_area() is called to reports vm area information, kasan can trigger deadlock like:
CPU0 CPU1 vmalloc(); allocvmaparea(); spinlock(&vn->busy.lock) spinlockbh(&somelock); <interrupt occurs> <in softirq> spinlock(&somelock); <access invalid address> kasanreport(); printreport(); printaddressdescription(); kasanfindvmarea(); findvmarea(); spinlock(&vn->busy.lock) // deadlock!
To prevent possible deadlock while kasan reports, remove kasanfindvm_area().
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"cna_assigner": "Linux",
"osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/38xxx/CVE-2025-38510.json"
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