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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2025-38397" idYear: 2025 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2025-07-25T12:53:41.566Z" updatedAt: "2026-05-11T21:27:11.550Z" 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-2025-38397" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2025-38397.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38397" title: "nvme-multipath: fix suspicious RCU usage warning" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnvme-multipath: fix suspicious RCU usage warning\n\nWhen I run the NVME over TCP test in virtme-ng, I get the following\n\"suspicious RCU usage\" warning in nvme_mpath_add_sysfs_link():\n\n'''\n[ 5.024557][ T44] nvmet: Created nvm controller 1 for subsystem nqn.2025-06.org.nvmexpress.mptcp for NQN nqn.2014-08.org.nvmexpress:uuid:f7f6b5e0-ff97-4894-98ac-c85309e0bc77.\n[ 5.027401][ T183] nvme nvme0: creating 2 I/O queues.\n[ 5.029017][ T183] nvme nvme0: mapped 2/0/0 default/read/poll queues.\n[ 5.032587][ T183] nvme nvme0: new ctrl: NQN \"nqn.2025-06.org.nvmexpress.mptcp\", addr 127.0.0.1:4420, hostnqn: nqn.2014-08.org.nvmexpress:uuid:f7f6b5e0-ff97-4894-98ac-c85309e0bc77\n[ 5.042214][ T25]\n[ 5.042440][ T25] =============================\n[ 5.042579][ T25] WARNING: suspicious RCU usage\n[ 5.042705][ T25] 6.16.0-rc3+ #23 Not tainted\n[ 5.042812][ T25] -----------------------------\n[ 5.042934][ T25] drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c:1203 RCU-list traversed in non-reader section!!\n[ 5.043111][ T25]\n[ 5.043111][ T25] other info that might help us debug this:\n[ 5.043111][ T25]\n[ 5.043341][ T25]\n[ 5.043341][ T25] rcu_scheduler_active = 2, debug_locks = 1\n[ 5.043502][ T25] 3 locks held by kworker/u9:0/25:\n[ 5.043615][ T25] #0: ffff888008730948 ((wq_completion)async){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7ed/0x1350\n[ 5.043830][ T25] #1: ffffc900001afd40 ((work_completion)(&entry-\u003ework)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0xcf3/0x1350\n[ 5.044084][ T25] #2: ffff888013ee0020 (&head-\u003esrcu){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: nvme_mpath_add_sysfs_link.part.0+0xb4/0x3a0\n[ 5.044300][ T25]\n[ 5.044300][ T25] stack backtrace:\n[ 5.044439][ T25] CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 25 Comm: kworker/u9:0 Not tainted 6.16.0-rc3+ #23 PREEMPT(full)\n[ 5.044441][ T25] Hardware name: Bochs Bochs, BIOS Bochs 01/01/2011\n[ 5.044442][ T25] Workqueue: async async_run_entry_fn\n[ 5.044445][ T25] Call Trace:\n[ 5.044446][ T25] \u003cTASK\u003e\n[ 5.044449][ T25] dump_stack_lvl+0x6f/0xb0\n[ 5.044453][ T25] lockdep_rcu_suspicious.cold+0x4f/0xb1\n[ 5.044457][ T25] nvme_mpath_add_sysfs_link.part.0+0x2fb/0x3a0\n[ 5.044459][ T25] ? queue_work_on+0x90/0xf0\n[ 5.044461][ T25] ? lockdep_hardirqs_on+0x78/0x110\n[ 5.044466][ T25] nvme_mpath_set_live+0x1e9/0x4f0\n[ 5.044470][ T25] nvme_mpath_add_disk+0x240/0x2f0\n[ 5.044472][ T25] ? __pfx_nvme_mpath_add_disk+0x10/0x10\n[ 5.044475][ T25] ? add_disk_fwnode+0x361/0x580\n[ 5.044480][ T25] nvme_alloc_ns+0x81c/0x17c0\n[ 5.044483][ T25] ? kasan_quarantine_put+0x104/0x240\n[ 5.044487][ T25] ? __pfx_nvme_alloc_ns+0x10/0x10\n[ 5.044495][ T25] ? __pfx_nvme_find_get_ns+0x10/0x10\n[ 5.044496][ T25] ? rcu_read_lock_any_held+0x45/0xa0\n[ 5.044498][ T25] ? validate_chain+0x232/0x4f0\n[ 5.044503][ T25] nvme_scan_ns+0x4c8/0x810\n[ 5.044506][ T25] ? __pfx_nvme_scan_ns+0x10/0x10\n[ 5.044508][ T25] ? find_held_lock+0x2b/0x80\n[ 5.044512][ T25] ? ktime_get+0x16d/0x220\n[ 5.044517][ T25] ? kvm_clock_get_cycles+0x18/0x30\n[ 5.044520][ T25] ? __pfx_nvme_scan_ns_async+0x10/0x10\n[ 5.044522][ T25] async_run_entry_fn+0x97/0x560\n[ 5.044523][ T25] ? rcu_is_watching+0x12/0xc0\n[ 5.044526][ T25] process_one_work+0xd3c/0x1350\n[ 5.044532][ T25] ? __pfx_process_one_work+0x10/0x10\n[ 5.044536][ T25] ? assign_work+0x16c/0x240\n[ 5.044539][ T25] worker_thread+0x4da/0xd50\n[ 5.044545][ T25] ? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10\n[ 5.044546][ T25] kthread+0x356/0x5c0\n[ 5.044548][ T25] ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10\n[ 5.044549][ T25] ? ret_from_fork+0x1b/0x2e0\n[ 5.044552][ T25] ? __lock_release.isra.0+0x5d/0x180\n[ 5.044553][ T25] ? ret_from_fork+0x1b/0x2e0\n[ 5.044555][ T25] ? rcu_is_watching+0x12/0xc0\n[ 5.044557][ T25] ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10\n[ 5.04\n---truncated---" affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"4dbd2b2ebe4cc5f101881e2c091a70ccd38db7ee","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"a432383e6cd86d9fda00a6073ed35c1067a836d6"},{"version":"4dbd2b2ebe4cc5f101881e2c091a70ccd38db7ee","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"d6811074203b13f715ce2480ac64c5b1c773f2a5"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"6.15","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"6.15"},{"version":"6.15.6","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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