In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: padata: do not leak refcount in reorder_work A recent patch that addressed a UAF introduced a reference count leak: the parallel_data refcount is incremented unconditionally, regardless of the return value of queue_work(). If the work item is already queued, the incremented refcount is never decremented. Fix this by checking the return value of queue_work() and decrementing the refcount when necessary. Resolves: Unreferenced object 0xffff9d9f421e3d80 (size 192): comm "cryptomgr_probe", pid 157, jiffies 4294694003 hex dump (first 32 bytes): 80 8b cf 41 9f 9d ff ff b8 97 e0 89 ff ff ff ff ...A............ d0 97 e0 89 ff ff ff ff 19 00 00 00 1f 88 23 00 ..............#. backtrace (crc 838fb36): __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x284/0x320 padata_alloc_pd+0x20/0x1e0 padata_alloc_shell+0x3b/0xa0 0xffffffffc040a54d cryptomgr_probe+0x43/0xc0 kthread+0xf6/0x1f0 ret_from_fork+0x2f/0x50 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2025-38031 is rated Low Risk (32.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.12%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.
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EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-04-14 | 0.03% | 0.12% | +0.09% |
| 2 | 2025-12-19 | 0.06% | 0.03% | -0.02% |
| 3 | 2025-11-24 | — | 0.06% | — |
Full EPSS history (6 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.5 | 3.1 | MEDIUM |
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1.8 | 3.6 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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not yet assigned | CVE-2025-38031 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 2 source packages (linux, linux-6.1), 6 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 6. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-38031 |
redhat
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medium | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-38031 |
suse
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medium | — | https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-38031/ |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2025-38031 medium priority: Ubuntu including 158 source packages (linux, linux-allwinner-5.19, …), 1551 status rows across 10 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 1145, released 169, ignored 163, not-affected 68, needed 3, needs-triage 2, pending 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-38031 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 5.10.235, < 5.10.238 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 5.15.179, < 5.15.185 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 6.1.129, < 6.1.141 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 6.6.76, < 6.6.93 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 6.12.13, < 6.12.31 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 6.13.2, < 6.14.9 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | 6.15 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.15:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | 6.15 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.15:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | 6.15 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.15:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | 6.15 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.15:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | 6.15 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.15:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | 6.15 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.15:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | 6.15 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.15:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | debian_linux | 11.0 | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |