CVE-2025-38436
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/scheduler: signal scheduled fence when kill job
When an entity from application B is killed, drm_sched_entity_kill() removes all jobs belonging to that entity through drm_sched_entity_kill_jobs_work(). If application A's job depends on a scheduled fence from application B's job, and that fence is not properly signaled during the killing process, application A's dependency cannot be cleared.
This leads to application A hanging indefinitely while waiting for a dependency that will never be resolved. Fix this issue by ensuring that scheduled fences are properly signaled when an entity is killed, allowing dependent applications to continue execution.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Puntuación base: 5.5
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.13%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 2
- Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- CWE-667
Referencias
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/471db2c2d4f80ee94225a1ef246e4f5011733e50
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8342127a8a65b0673863b106ce32b79c91ae3270
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aa382a8b6ed483e9812d0e63b6d1bdcba0186f29
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aefd0a935625165a6ca36d0258d2d053901555df
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c5734f9bab6f0d40577ad0633af4090a5fda2407
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