CVE-2025-38005 Vulnerability Analysis & Exploit Details

CVE-2025-38005
Vulnerability Scoring

Analysis In Progress

Attack Complexity Details

Attack Complexity:
Attack Complexity Analysis In Progress
Attack Vector:
Attack Vector Under Analysis
Privileges Required: None
No authentication is required for exploitation.
Scope:
Impact is confined to the initially vulnerable component.
User Interaction: None
No user interaction is necessary for exploitation.

CVE-2025-38005 Details

Status: Awaiting Analysis

Published on: 18 Jun 2025, 10:15 UTC

CVSS Release:

CVE-2025-38005 Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2025-38005: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dmaengine: ti: k3-udma: Add missing locking Recent kernels complain about a missing lock in k3-udma.c when the lock validator is enabled: [ 4.128073] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 746 at drivers/dma/ti/../virt-dma.h:169 udma_start.isra.0+0x34/0x238 [ 4.137352] CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 746 Comm: kworker/0:3 Not tainted 6.12.9-arm64 #28 [ 4.144867] Hardware name: pp-v12 (DT) [ 4.148648] Workqueue: events udma_check_tx_completion [ 4.153841] pstate: 60000005 (nZCv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) [ 4.160834] pc : udma_start.isra.0+0x34/0x238 [ 4.165227] lr : udma_start.isra.0+0x30/0x238 [ 4.169618] sp : ffffffc083cabcf0 [ 4.172963] x29: ffffffc083cabcf0 x28: 0000000000000000 x27: ffffff800001b005 [ 4.180167] x26: ffffffc0812f0000 x25: 0000000000000000 x24: 0000000000000000 [ 4.187370] x23: 0000000000000001 x22: 00000000e21eabe9 x21: ffffff8000fa0670 [ 4.194571] x20: ffffff8001b6bf00 x19: ffffff8000fa0430 x18: ffffffc083b95030 [ 4.201773] x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 00000000f0000000 x15: 0000000000000048 [ 4.208976] x14: 0000000000000048 x13: 0000000000000000 x12: 0000000000000001 [ 4.216179] x11: ffffffc08151a240 x10: 0000000000003ea1 x9 : ffffffc08046ab68 [ 4.223381] x8 : ffffffc083cabac0 x7 : ffffffc081df3718 x6 : 0000000000029fc8 [ 4.230583] x5 : ffffffc0817ee6d8 x4 : 0000000000000bc0 x3 : 0000000000000000 [ 4.237784] x2 : 0000000000000000 x1 : 00000000001fffff x0 : 0000000000000000 [ 4.244986] Call trace: [ 4.247463] udma_start.isra.0+0x34/0x238 [ 4.251509] udma_check_tx_completion+0xd0/0xdc [ 4.256076] process_one_work+0x244/0x3fc [ 4.260129] process_scheduled_works+0x6c/0x74 [ 4.264610] worker_thread+0x150/0x1dc [ 4.268398] kthread+0xd8/0xe8 [ 4.271492] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20 [ 4.275107] irq event stamp: 220 [ 4.278363] hardirqs last enabled at (219): [<ffffffc080a27c7c>] _raw_spin_unlock_irq+0x38/0x50 [ 4.287183] hardirqs last disabled at (220): [<ffffffc080a1c154>] el1_dbg+0x24/0x50 [ 4.294879] softirqs last enabled at (182): [<ffffffc080037e68>] handle_softirqs+0x1c0/0x3cc [ 4.303437] softirqs last disabled at (177): [<ffffffc080010170>] __do_softirq+0x1c/0x28 [ 4.311559] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- This commit adds the missing locking.

Assessing the Risk of CVE-2025-38005

Access Complexity Graph

The exploitability of CVE-2025-38005 depends on two key factors: attack complexity (the level of effort required to execute an exploit) and privileges required (the access level an attacker needs).

Exploitability Analysis for CVE-2025-38005

No exploitability data is available for CVE-2025-38005.

Understanding AC and PR

A lower complexity and fewer privilege requirements make exploitation easier. Security teams should evaluate these aspects to determine the urgency of mitigation strategies, such as patch management and access control policies.

Attack Complexity (AC) measures the difficulty in executing an exploit. A high AC means that specific conditions must be met, making an attack more challenging, while a low AC means the vulnerability can be exploited with minimal effort.

Privileges Required (PR) determine the level of system access necessary for an attack. Vulnerabilities requiring no privileges are more accessible to attackers, whereas high privilege requirements limit exploitation to authorized users with elevated access.

CVSS Score Breakdown Chart

Above is the CVSS Sub-score Breakdown for CVE-2025-38005, illustrating how Base, Impact, and Exploitability factors combine to form the overall severity rating. A higher sub-score typically indicates a more severe or easier-to-exploit vulnerability.

CIA Impact Analysis

Below is the Impact Analysis for CVE-2025-38005, showing how Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability might be affected if the vulnerability is exploited. Higher values usually signal greater potential damage.

Confidentiality: None
CVE-2025-38005 does not compromise confidentiality.
Integrity: None
CVE-2025-38005 does not impact data integrity.
Availability: None
CVE-2025-38005 does not affect system availability.

CVE-2025-38005 References

External References

CWE Common Weakness Enumeration

Unknown

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