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    "id": "CVE-2025-38017",
    "sourceURL": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38017",
    "idYear": 2025,
    "status": "PUBLISHED",
    "publishedAt": "2025-06-18T09:28:25.790Z",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-11T21:19:42.321Z",
    "importedAt": "2026-10-24T01:57:34.152Z",
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      "id": "cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline",
      "at": "2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z",
      "source": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"
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    "facts": {
      "title": "fs/eventpoll: fix endless busy loop after timeout has expired",
      "summary": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nfs/eventpoll: fix endless busy loop after timeout has expired\n\nAfter commit 0a65bc27bd64 (\"eventpoll: Set epoll timeout if it's in\nthe future\"), the following program would immediately enter a busy\nloop in the kernel:\n\n```\nint main() {\n  int e = epoll_create1(0);\n  struct epoll_event event = {.events = EPOLLIN};\n  epoll_ctl(e, EPOLL_CTL_ADD, 0, &event);\n  const struct timespec timeout = {.tv_nsec = 1};\n  epoll_pwait2(e, &event, 1, &timeout, 0);\n}\n```\n\nThis happens because the given (non-zero) timeout of 1 nanosecond\nusually expires before ep_poll() is entered and then\nep_schedule_timeout() returns false, but `timed_out` is never set\nbecause the code line that sets it is skipped.  This quickly turns\ninto a soft lockup, RCU stalls and deadlocks, inflicting severe\nheadaches to the whole system.\n\nWhen the timeout has expired, we don't need to schedule a hrtimer, but\nwe should set the `timed_out` variable.  Therefore, I suggest moving\nthe ep_schedule_timeout() check into the `timed_out` expression\ninstead of skipping it.\n\nbrauner: Note that there was an earlier fix by Joe Damato in response to\nmy bug report in [1].",
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              "version": "99a0ad16dfd114a429df665065dcc576dad743c0",
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              "version": "0a65bc27bd645894175c059397b4916e31955fb2",
              "status": "affected",
              "versionType": "git",
              "lessThan": "d9ec73301099ec5975505e1c3effbe768bab9490"
            }
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          "vendor": "Linux",
          "product": "Linux",
          "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
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              "version": "6.14.4",
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