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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2025-38268" idYear: 2025 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2025-07-10T07:41:51.217Z" updatedAt: "2026-05-11T21:24:35.303Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:57:34.152Z" snapshot: {"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"} url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2025-38268" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2025-38268.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38268" title: "usb: typec: tcpm: move tcpm_queue_vdm_unlocked to asynchronous work" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nusb: typec: tcpm: move tcpm_queue_vdm_unlocked to asynchronous work\n\nA state check was previously added to tcpm_queue_vdm_unlocked to\nprevent a deadlock where the DisplayPort Alt Mode driver would be\nexecuting work and attempting to grab the tcpm_lock while the TCPM\nwas holding the lock and attempting to unregister the altmode, blocking\non the altmode driver's cancel_work_sync call.\n\nBecause the state check isn't protected, there is a small window\nwhere the Alt Mode driver could determine that the TCPM is\nin a ready state and attempt to grab the lock while the\nTCPM grabs the lock and changes the TCPM state to one that\ncauses the deadlock. The callstack is provided below:\n\n[110121.667392][ C7] Call trace:\n[110121.667396][ C7] __switch_to+0x174/0x338\n[110121.667406][ C7] __schedule+0x608/0x9f0\n[110121.667414][ C7] schedule+0x7c/0xe8\n[110121.667423][ C7] kernfs_drain+0xb0/0x114\n[110121.667431][ C7] __kernfs_remove+0x16c/0x20c\n[110121.667436][ C7] kernfs_remove_by_name_ns+0x74/0xe8\n[110121.667442][ C7] sysfs_remove_group+0x84/0xe8\n[110121.667450][ C7] sysfs_remove_groups+0x34/0x58\n[110121.667458][ C7] device_remove_groups+0x10/0x20\n[110121.667464][ C7] device_release_driver_internal+0x164/0x2e4\n[110121.667475][ C7] device_release_driver+0x18/0x28\n[110121.667484][ C7] bus_remove_device+0xec/0x118\n[110121.667491][ C7] device_del+0x1e8/0x4ac\n[110121.667498][ C7] device_unregister+0x18/0x38\n[110121.667504][ C7] typec_unregister_altmode+0x30/0x44\n[110121.667515][ C7] tcpm_reset_port+0xac/0x370\n[110121.667523][ C7] tcpm_snk_detach+0x84/0xb8\n[110121.667529][ C7] run_state_machine+0x4c0/0x1b68\n[110121.667536][ C7] tcpm_state_machine_work+0x94/0xe4\n[110121.667544][ C7] kthread_worker_fn+0x10c/0x244\n[110121.667552][ C7] kthread+0x104/0x1d4\n[110121.667557][ C7] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20\n\n[110121.667689][ C7] Workqueue: events dp_altmode_work\n[110121.667697][ C7] Call trace:\n[110121.667701][ C7] __switch_to+0x174/0x338\n[110121.667710][ C7] __schedule+0x608/0x9f0\n[110121.667717][ C7] schedule+0x7c/0xe8\n[110121.667725][ C7] schedule_preempt_disabled+0x24/0x40\n[110121.667733][ C7] __mutex_lock+0x408/0xdac\n[110121.667741][ C7] __mutex_lock_slowpath+0x14/0x24\n[110121.667748][ C7] mutex_lock+0x40/0xec\n[110121.667757][ C7] tcpm_altmode_enter+0x78/0xb4\n[110121.667764][ C7] typec_altmode_enter+0xdc/0x10c\n[110121.667769][ C7] dp_altmode_work+0x68/0x164\n[110121.667775][ C7] process_one_work+0x1e4/0x43c\n[110121.667783][ C7] worker_thread+0x25c/0x430\n[110121.667789][ C7] kthread+0x104/0x1d4\n[110121.667794][ C7] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20\n\nChange tcpm_queue_vdm_unlocked to queue for tcpm_queue_vdm_work,\nwhich can perform the state check while holding the TCPM lock\nwhile the Alt Mode lock is no longer held. This requires a new\nstruct to hold the vdm data, altmode_vdm_event." affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"cdc9946ea6377e8e214b135ccc308c5e514ba25f","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"7bdd712abefbec79176ab412d8c623e755c5d0ba"},{"version":"cdc9946ea6377e8e214b135ccc308c5e514ba25f","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"1970d34b48cbeceb0c765984c9a6bb204c77f16a"},{"version":"cdc9946ea6377e8e214b135ccc308c5e514ba25f","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"324d45e53f1a36c88bc649dc39e0c8300a41be0a"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"6.9","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"6.9"},{"version":"6.12.34","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.15.3","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.15.*"},{"version":"6.16","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}] ## Source licences and attribution CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (US government work) GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories (CC BY 4.0) Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ (CC BY 4.0) CVE Program (CVE records): https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse (CVE Terms of Use) Copyright © 1999-2026, The MITRE Corporation. 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