CVE-2025-38170

arm64/fpsimd: Discard stale CPU state when handling SME traps

CVE-2025-38170 is fixed in 70 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2025-38170, released July 3, 2025. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVSS
7.0
Important
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0017
6th percentile

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: arm64/fpsimd: Discard stale CPU state when handling SME traps The logic for handling SME traps manipulates saved FPSIMD/SVE/SME state incorrectly, and a race with preemption can result in a task having TIF_SME set and TIF_FOREIGN_FPSTATE clear even though the live CPU state is stale (e.g. with SME traps enabled). This can result in warnings from do_sme_acc() where SME traps are not expected while TIF_SME is set: | /* With TIF_SME userspace shouldn't generate any traps */ | if (test_and_set_thread_flag(TIF_SME)) | WARN_ON(1); This is very similar to the SVE issue we fixed in commit: 751ecf6afd6568ad ("arm64/sve: Discard stale CPU state when handling SVE traps") The race can occur when the SME trap handler is preempted before and after manipulating the saved FPSIMD/SVE/SME state, starting and ending on the same CPU, e.g. | void do_sme_acc(unsigned long esr, struct pt_regs *regs) | { | // Trap on CPU 0 with TIF_SME clear, SME traps enabled | // task->fpsimd_cpu is 0. | // per_cpu_ptr(&fpsimd_last_state, 0) is task. | | ... | | // Preempted; migrated from CPU 0 to CPU 1. | // TIF_FOREIGN_FPSTATE is set. | | get_cpu_fpsimd_context(); | | /* With TIF_SME userspace shouldn't generate any traps */ | if (test_and_set_thread_flag(TIF_SME)) | WARN_ON(1); | | if (!test_thread_flag(TIF_FOREIGN_FPSTATE)) { | unsigned long vq_minus_one = | sve_vq_from_vl(task_get_sme_vl(current)) - 1; | sme_set_vq(vq_minus_one); | | fpsimd_bind_task_to_cpu(); | } | | put_cpu_fpsimd_context(); | | // Preempted; migrated from CPU 1 to CPU 0. | // task->fpsimd_cpu is still 0 | // If per_cpu_ptr(&fpsimd_last_state, 0) is still task then: | // - Stale HW state is reused (with SME traps enabled) | // - TIF_FOREIGN_FPSTATE is cleared | // - A return to userspace skips HW state restore | } Fix the case where the state is not live and TIF_FOREIGN_FPSTATE is set by calling fpsimd_flush_task_state() to detach from the saved CPU state. This ensures that a subsequent context switch will not reuse the stale CPU state, and will instead set TIF_FOREIGN_FPSTATE, forcing the new state to be reloaded from memory prior to a return to userspace. Note: this was originallly posted as [1]. [ Rutland: rewrite commit message ]

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
bpftool · amzn 2023 6.12.35-55.103.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-1080 Jul 3, 2025
bpftool-debuginfo · amzn 2023 6.12.35-55.103.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-1080 Jul 3, 2025
dtb-aarch64 · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.6.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2025:20081-1 Nov 25, 2025
kernel-64kb · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.6.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2025:20081-1 Nov 25, 2025
kernel-64kb · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.6.1 SUSE-SU-2025:21139-1 Nov 25, 2025
kernel-default · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.6.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2025:20081-1 Nov 25, 2025
kernel-default · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.6.1 SUSE-SU-2025:21139-1 Nov 25, 2025
kernel-default-base · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.6.1.160000.2.4 OPENSUSE-SU-2025:20081-1 Nov 25, 2025
kernel-default-base · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.6.1.160000.2.4 SUSE-SU-2025:21139-1 Nov 25, 2025
kernel-devel · amzn 2023 6.12.35-55.103.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-1080 Jul 3, 2025
kernel-docs · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.6.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2025:20081-1 Nov 25, 2025
kernel-docs · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.6.1 SUSE-SU-2025:21139-1 Nov 25, 2025
kernel-headers · amzn 2023 6.12.35-55.103.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-1080 Jul 3, 2025
kernel-kvmsmall · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.6.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2025:20081-1 Nov 25, 2025
kernel-kvmsmall · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.6.1 SUSE-SU-2025:21139-1 Nov 25, 2025
kernel-libbpf · amzn 2023 6.12.35-55.103.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-1080 Jul 3, 2025
kernel-libbpf-debuginfo · amzn 2023 6.12.35-55.103.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-1080 Jul 3, 2025
kernel-libbpf-devel · amzn 2023 6.12.35-55.103.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-1080 Jul 3, 2025
kernel-libbpf-static · amzn 2023 6.12.35-55.103.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-1080 Jul 3, 2025
kernel-livepatch-6.12.35-55.103 · amzn 2023 1.0-0.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-1080 Jul 3, 2025
kernel-modules-extra-common · amzn 2023 6.12.35-55.103.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-1080 Jul 3, 2025
kernel-obs-build · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.6.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2025:20081-1 Nov 25, 2025
kernel-obs-qa · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.6.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2025:20081-1 Nov 25, 2025
kernel-obs-qa · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.6.1 SUSE-SU-2025:21139-1 Nov 25, 2025
kernel-rt · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.6.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2025:20081-1 Nov 25, 2025
kernel-source · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.6.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2025:20081-1 Nov 25, 2025
kernel-source · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.6.1 SUSE-SU-2025:21139-1 Nov 25, 2025
kernel-syms · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.6.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2025:20081-1 Nov 25, 2025
kernel-syms · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.6.1 SUSE-SU-2025:21139-1 Nov 25, 2025
kernel-tools · amzn 2023 6.12.35-55.103.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-1080 Jul 3, 2025
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kernel-uek64k-modules-deprecated · ol 9 0:6.12.0-103.40.4.1.el9uek ELSA-2025-20551 Sep 8, 2025
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kernel-uek64k-modules-extra-netfilter · ol 10 0:6.12.0-103.40.4.1.el9uek ELSA-2025-20551 Sep 8, 2025
kernel-uek64k-modules-extra-netfilter · ol 9 0:6.12.0-103.40.4.1.el9uek ELSA-2025-20551 Sep 8, 2025
kernel-uek64k-modules-usb · ol 10 0:6.12.0-103.40.4.1.el9uek ELSA-2025-20551 Sep 8, 2025
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kernel-zfcpdump · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.6.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2025:20081-1 Nov 25, 2025
kernel-zfcpdump · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.6.1 SUSE-SU-2025:21139-1 Nov 25, 2025
kernel6.12 · amzn 2023 6.12.35-55.103.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-1080 Jul 3, 2025
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kernel6.12-debuginfo-common-aarch64 · amzn 2023 6.12.35-55.103.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-1080 Jul 3, 2025
kernel6.12-debuginfo-common-x86_64 · amzn 2023 6.12.35-55.103.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-1080 Jul 3, 2025
kernel6.12-modules-extra · amzn 2023 6.12.35-55.103.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-1080 Jul 3, 2025
linux · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 6.1.147-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2025-38170 Jul 3, 2025
linux · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 6.12.35-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2025-38170 Jul 3, 2025
linux · Debian 14 6.12.35-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2025-38170 Jul 3, 2025
perf6.12 · amzn 2023 6.12.35-55.103.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-1080 Jul 3, 2025
perf6.12-debuginfo · amzn 2023 6.12.35-55.103.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-1080 Jul 3, 2025
python3-perf6.12 · amzn 2023 6.12.35-55.103.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-1080 Jul 3, 2025
python3-perf6.12-debuginfo · amzn 2023 6.12.35-55.103.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-1080 Jul 3, 2025

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