CVE-2025-38352
CWE-367
78.0
RPSRPS range: 0–105; KEV-listed vulnerabilities can receive an exploitation amplifier.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: posix-cpu-timers: fix race between handle_posix_cpu_timers() and posix_cpu_timer_del() If an exiting non-autoreaping task has already passed exit_notify() and calls handle_posix_cpu_timers() from IRQ, it can be reaped by its parent or debugger right after unlock_task_sighand(). If a concurrent posix_cpu_timer_del() runs at that moment, it won't be able to detect timer->it.cpu.firing != 0: cpu_timer_task_rcu() and/or lock_task_sighand() will fail. Add the tsk->exit_state check into run_posix_cpu_timers() to fix this. This fix is not needed if CONFIG_POSIX_CPU_TIMERS_TASK_WORK=y, because exit_task_work() is called before exit_notify(). But the check still makes sense, task_work_add(&tsk->posix_cputimers_work.work) will fail anyway in this case.
Source: NVD
Signals
- CVSS
- 7.8
- High · v3.1
- EPSS
- 1.28%
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (FIRST)
- CISA KEV
- In CISA KEV since Sept 2025
- Fix commit
- No known fix commit
- Sources: MoreFixes, FreshFixes
- Weakness
- CWE-367
- Published
- 22 Jul 2025
- Last modified 8 Sept 2026
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Data as of 7 Oct 2026, 05:16 UK time