CVE-2025-38603 Vulnerability Analysis & Exploit Details

CVE-2025-38603
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-2025-38603 Details

Status: Awaiting Analysis

Last updated: 🕝 20 Aug 2025, 14:40 UTC
Originally published on: 🕔 19 Aug 2025, 17:15 UTC

CVSS Release:

CVE-2025-38603 Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2025-38603: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amdgpu: fix slab-use-after-free in amdgpu_userq_mgr_fini+0x70c The issue was reproduced on NV10 using IGT pci_unplug test. It is expected that `amdgpu_driver_postclose_kms()` is called prior to `amdgpu_drm_release()`. However, the bug is that `amdgpu_fpriv` was freed in `amdgpu_driver_postclose_kms()`, and then later accessed in `amdgpu_drm_release()` via a call to `amdgpu_userq_mgr_fini()`. As a result, KASAN detected a use-after-free condition, as shown in the log below. The proposed fix is to move the calls to `amdgpu_eviction_fence_destroy()` and `amdgpu_userq_mgr_fini()` into `amdgpu_driver_postclose_kms()`, so they are invoked before `amdgpu_fpriv` is freed. This also ensures symmetry with the initialization path in `amdgpu_driver_open_kms()`, where the following components are initialized: - `amdgpu_userq_mgr_init()` - `amdgpu_eviction_fence_init()` - `amdgpu_ctx_mgr_init()` Correspondingly, in `amdgpu_driver_postclose_kms()` we should clean up using: - `amdgpu_userq_mgr_fini()` - `amdgpu_eviction_fence_destroy()` - `amdgpu_ctx_mgr_fini()` This change eliminates the use-after-free and improves consistency in resource management between open and close paths. [ +0.094367] ================================================================== [ +0.000026] BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in amdgpu_userq_mgr_fini+0x70c/0x730 [amdgpu] [ +0.000866] Write of size 8 at addr ffff88811c068c60 by task amd_pci_unplug/1737 [ +0.000026] CPU: 3 UID: 0 PID: 1737 Comm: amd_pci_unplug Not tainted 6.14.0+ #2 [ +0.000008] Hardware name: ASUS System Product Name/ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING (WI-FI), BIOS 1401 12/03/2020 [ +0.000004] Call Trace: [ +0.000004] <TASK> [ +0.000003] dump_stack_lvl+0x76/0xa0 [ +0.000010] print_report+0xce/0x600 [ +0.000009] ? amdgpu_userq_mgr_fini+0x70c/0x730 [amdgpu] [ +0.000790] ? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f [ +0.000007] ? kasan_complete_mode_report_info+0x76/0x200 [ +0.000008] ? amdgpu_userq_mgr_fini+0x70c/0x730 [amdgpu] [ +0.000684] kasan_report+0xbe/0x110 [ +0.000007] ? amdgpu_userq_mgr_fini+0x70c/0x730 [amdgpu] [ +0.000601] __asan_report_store8_noabort+0x17/0x30 [ +0.000007] amdgpu_userq_mgr_fini+0x70c/0x730 [amdgpu] [ +0.000801] ? __pfx_amdgpu_userq_mgr_fini+0x10/0x10 [amdgpu] [ +0.000819] ? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f [ +0.000008] amdgpu_drm_release+0xa3/0xe0 [amdgpu] [ +0.000604] __fput+0x354/0xa90 [ +0.000010] __fput_sync+0x59/0x80 [ +0.000005] __x64_sys_close+0x7d/0xe0 [ +0.000006] x64_sys_call+0x2505/0x26f0 [ +0.000006] do_syscall_64+0x7c/0x170 [ +0.000004] ? kasan_record_aux_stack+0xae/0xd0 [ +0.000005] ? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f [ +0.000004] ? kmem_cache_free+0x398/0x580 [ +0.000006] ? __fput+0x543/0xa90 [ +0.000006] ? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f [ +0.000004] ? __fput+0x543/0xa90 [ +0.000004] ? __kasan_check_read+0x11/0x20 [ +0.000007] ? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f [ +0.000004] ? __kasan_check_read+0x11/0x20 [ +0.000003] ? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f [ +0.000004] ? fpregs_assert_state_consistent+0x21/0xb0 [ +0.000006] ? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f [ +0.000004] ? syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x4e/0x240 [ +0.000005] ? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f [ +0.000004] ? do_syscall_64+0x88/0x170 [ +0.000003] ? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f [ +0.000004] ? do_syscall_64+0x88/0x170 [ +0.000004] ? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f [ +0.000004] ? irqentry_exit+0x43/0x50 [ +0.000004] ? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f [ +0.000004] ? exc_page_fault+0x7c/0x110 [ +0.000006] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e [ +0.000005] RIP: 0033:0x7ffff7b14f67 [ +0.000005] Code: ff e8 0d 16 02 00 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 00 f3 0f 1e fa 64 8b 04 25 18 00 00 00 85 c0 75 10 b8 03 00 00 00 0f 05 <48> 3d 00 f0 ff ff 77 41 c3 48 83 ec 18 89 7c 24 0c e8 73 ba f7 ff [ +0.000004] RSP: 002b:00007fffffffe358 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000003 [ +0.000006] RAX: ffffffffff ---truncated---

Assessing the Risk of CVE-2025-38603

Access Complexity Graph

The exploitability of CVE-2025-38603 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-2025-38603

No exploitability data is available for CVE-2025-38603.

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-2025-38603, 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-2025-38603, showing how Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability might be affected if the vulnerability is exploited. Higher values usually signal greater potential damage.

Confidentiality: None
CVE-2025-38603 does not compromise confidentiality.
Integrity: None
CVE-2025-38603 does not impact data integrity.
Availability: None
CVE-2025-38603 does not affect system availability.

CVE-2025-38603 References

External References

CWE Common Weakness Enumeration

Unknown

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