CVE-2025-38031: Linux kernel · padata: do not leak refcount in reorder_work
Affects Linux kernelSource CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · fixed in d6ebcde6d4ecf34f8495fb30516645db3aea8993 : update Linux kernel when convenient.
Data as of 5 Nov 2026, 21:04 UTC
Rated by Threat Radar · No CVSS score from NVD or the CNA
Thin evidence
One scorer or none- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- No evidence of active exploitation and no public proof of concept
- Automatable
- Attackers cannot reliably automate steps 1–4 of the kill chain
- Technical impact
- Limited control over the software or limited information exposure
CISA SSVC assessment, 2026-11-05.
- Patch
- Available – fixed in d6ebcde6d4ecf34f8495fb30516645db3aea8993, cceb15864e1612ebfbc10ec4e4dcd19a10c0056c, b9ad8e50e8589607e68e6c4cefa7f72bf35a2cb1 +10
Exploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 18 Jun 2025
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 5 Nov 2026.
What to do
Upgrade to a fixed release listed under Affected software.
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| LinuxLinux | Affected
| Fixed in
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| LinuxLinux | Affected
| Fixed in– |
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: padata: do not leak refcount in reorder_work A recent patch that addressed a UAF introduced a reference count leak: the parallel_data refcount is incremented unconditionally, regardless of the return value of queue_work(). If the work item is already queued, the incremented refcount is never decremented. Fix this by checking the return value of queue_work() and decrementing the refcount when necessary. Resolves: Unreferenced object 0xffff9d9f421e3d80 (size 192): comm "cryptomgr_probe", pid 157, jiffies 4294694003 hex dump (first 32 bytes): 80 8b cf 41 9f 9d ff ff b8 97 e0 89 ff ff ff ff ...A............ d0 97 e0 89 ff ff ff ff 19 00 00 00 1f 88 23 00 ..............#. backtrace (crc 838fb36): __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x284/0x320 padata_alloc_pd+0x20/0x1e0 padata_alloc_shell+0x3b/0xa0 0xffffffffc040a54d cryptomgr_probe+0x43/0xc0 kthread+0xf6/0x1f0 ret_from_fork+0x2f/0x50 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
References
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/b9ad8e50e8589607e68e6c4cefa7f72bf35a2cb1 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/1a426abdf1c86882c9203dd8182f3b8274b89938 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/cceb15864e1612ebfbc10ec4e4dcd19a10c0056c (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/584a729615fa92f4de45480efb7e569d14be1516 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/5300e487487d7a2e3e1e6e9d8f03ed9452e4019e (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/1c65ae4988714716101555fe2b9830e33136d6fb (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/d6ebcde6d4ecf34f8495fb30516645db3aea8993 (opens in a new tab)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html (opens in a new tab)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html (opens in a new tab)