CVE-2025-38681

Public on 2025-09-04
Modified on 2025-09-16
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

mm/ptdump: take the memory hotplug lock inside ptdump_walk_pgd()
Severity
Medium severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
6.5
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 1 kernel Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2 - Core kernel Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.4 Extra kernel Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.10 Extra kernel 2025-09-16 ALAS2KERNEL-5.10-2025-104 Fixed
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.15 Extra kernel 2025-09-16 ALAS2KERNEL-5.15-2025-089 Fixed
Amazon Linux 2023 kernel 2025-09-15 ALAS2023-2025-1186 Fixed
Amazon Linux 2023 kernel6.12 2025-09-29 ALAS2023-2025-1208 Fixed

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H