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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2025-38696" idYear: 2025 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2025-09-04T15:32:48.973Z" updatedAt: "2026-05-23T16:00:23.673Z" 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-2025-38696" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2025-38696.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38696" title: "MIPS: Don't crash in stack_top() for tasks without ABI or vDSO" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nMIPS: Don't crash in stack_top() for tasks without ABI or vDSO\n\nNot all tasks have an ABI associated or vDSO mapped,\nfor example kthreads never do.\nIf such a task ever ends up calling stack_top(), it will derefence the\nNULL ABI pointer and crash.\n\nThis can for example happen when using kunit:\n\n mips_stack_top+0x28/0xc0\n arch_pick_mmap_layout+0x190/0x220\n kunit_vm_mmap_init+0xf8/0x138\n __kunit_add_resource+0x40/0xa8\n kunit_vm_mmap+0x88/0xd8\n usercopy_test_init+0xb8/0x240\n kunit_try_run_case+0x5c/0x1a8\n kunit_generic_run_threadfn_adapter+0x28/0x50\n kthread+0x118/0x240\n ret_from_kernel_thread+0x14/0x1c\n\nOnly dereference the ABI point if it is set.\n\nThe GIC page is also included as it is specific to the vDSO.\nAlso move the randomization adjustment into the same conditional." affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"ea7e0480a4b695d0aa6b3fa99bd658a003122113","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"ab18e48a503230d675e824a0d68a108bdff42503"},{"version":"ea7e0480a4b695d0aa6b3fa99bd658a003122113","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"e78033e59444d257d095b73ce5d20625294f6ec2"},{"version":"ea7e0480a4b695d0aa6b3fa99bd658a003122113","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"bd90dbd196831f5c2620736dc221db2634cf1e8e"},{"version":"ea7e0480a4b695d0aa6b3fa99bd658a003122113","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"5b6839b572b503609b9b58bc6c04a816eefa0794"},{"version":"ea7e0480a4b695d0aa6b3fa99bd658a003122113","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"f22de2027b206ddfb8a075800bb5d0dacf2da4b8"},{"version":"ea7e0480a4b695d0aa6b3fa99bd658a003122113","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"82d140f6aab5e89a9d3972697a0dbe1498752d9b"},{"version":"ea7e0480a4b695d0aa6b3fa99bd658a003122113","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"24d098b6f69b0aa806ffcb3e18259bee31650b28"},{"version":"ea7e0480a4b695d0aa6b3fa99bd658a003122113","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"cddf47d20b0325dc8a4e57b833fe96e8f36c42a4"},{"version":"ea7e0480a4b695d0aa6b3fa99bd658a003122113","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"e9f4a6b3421e936c3ee9d74710243897d74dbaa2"},{"version":"86717a97f9218de798c6d33e0014ab9325e18f56","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"e4882348eaa9f5f052cb21d2a5aa99a063e4308b","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"4.14.77","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"4.15"},{"version":"4.18.15","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"4.19"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"4.19","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"4.19"},{"version":"5.4.297","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.4.*"},{"version":"5.10.241","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*"},{"version":"5.15.190","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*"},{"version":"6.1.149","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.6.103","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.12.43","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.15.11","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.15.*"},{"version":"6.16.2","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.16.*"},{"version":"6.17","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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