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Unscored CVE-2025-38040 EUVD-2025-18612GHSA-8pcr-p4fc-6g8c

serial: mctrl_gpio: split disable_ms into sync and no_sync APIs

Published Jun 18, 2025 · Updated Nov 5, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

serial: mctrl_gpio: split disable_ms into sync and no_sync APIs

The following splat has been observed on a SAMA5D27 platform using
atmel_serial:

BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at kernel/irq/manage.c:738
in_atomic(): 1, irqs_disabled(): 128, non_block: 0, pid: 27, name: kworker/u5:0
preempt_count: 1, expected: 0
INFO: lockdep is turned off.
irq event stamp: 0
hardirqs last enabled at (0): [<00000000>] 0x0
hardirqs last disabled at (0): [<c01588f0>] copy_process+0x1c4c/0x7bec
softirqs last enabled at (0): [<c0158944>] copy_process+0x1ca0/0x7bec
softirqs last disabled at (0): [<00000000>] 0x0
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 27 Comm: kworker/u5:0 Not tainted 6.13.0-rc7+ #74
Hardware name: Atmel SAMA5
Workqueue: hci0 hci_power_on [bluetooth]
Call trace:
unwind_backtrace from show_stack+0x18/0x1c
show_stack from dump_stack_lvl+0x44/0x70
dump_stack_lvl from __might_resched+0x38c/0x598
__might_resched from disable_irq+0x1c/0x48
disable_irq from mctrl_gpio_disable_ms+0x74/0xc0
mctrl_gpio_disable_ms from atmel_disable_ms.part.0+0x80/0x1f4
atmel_disable_ms.part.0 from atmel_set_termios+0x764/0x11e8
atmel_set_termios from uart_change_line_settings+0x15c/0x994
uart_change_line_settings from uart_set_termios+0x2b0/0x668
uart_set_termios from tty_set_termios+0x600/0x8ec
tty_set_termios from ttyport_set_flow_control+0x188/0x1e0
ttyport_set_flow_control from wilc_setup+0xd0/0x524 [hci_wilc]
wilc_setup [hci_wilc] from hci_dev_open_sync+0x330/0x203c [bluetooth]
hci_dev_open_sync [bluetooth] from hci_dev_do_open+0x40/0xb0 [bluetooth]
hci_dev_do_open [bluetooth] from hci_power_on+0x12c/0x664 [bluetooth]
hci_power_on [bluetooth] from process_one_work+0x998/0x1a38
process_one_work from worker_thread+0x6e0/0xfb4
worker_thread from kthread+0x3d4/0x484
kthread from ret_from_fork+0x14/0x28

This warning is emitted when trying to toggle, at the highest level,
some flow control (with serdev_device_set_flow_control) in a device
driver. At the lowest level, the atmel_serial driver is using
serial_mctrl_gpio lib to enable/disable the corresponding IRQs
accordingly. The warning emitted by CONFIG_DEBUG_ATOMIC_SLEEP is due to
disable_irq (called in mctrl_gpio_disable_ms) being possibly called in
some atomic context (some tty drivers perform modem lines configuration
in regions protected by port lock).

Split mctrl_gpio_disable_ms into two differents APIs, a non-blocking one
and a blocking one. Replace mctrl_gpio_disable_ms calls with the
relevant version depending on whether the call is protected by some port
lock.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 4.4 6.1.141

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 linux 6.12.32-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.12.32-1 —
Debian 12 linux 6.1.147-1 DSA-5973-1
Debian 11 linux-6.1 6.1.153-1~deb11u1 DLA-4328-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Nvidia-BlueField 24.04 LTS linux-bluefield 6.8.0-1016.20 —
Ubuntu Nvidia-BlueField 22.04 LTS linux-bluefield No fix yet —
Ubuntu 25.10 linux-azure-fde No fix yet —
Ubuntu 25.04 linux-azure 6.14.0-1012.12 USN-7770-1
Ubuntu 25.04 linux-raspi 6.14.0-1014.14 USN-7789-2
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux 6.8.0-100.100 USN-8028-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-aws +1 6.8.0-1046.49 USN-8028-5
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-aws-6.14 +1 6.14.0-1013.13~24.04.1 USN-7789-1, USN-7769-3
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure 6.8.0-1046.52 USN-8074-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure-fde 6.8.0-1046.53 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure-nvidia 6.8.0-1039.42 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure-nvidia-6.14 6.14.0-1007.7 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gcp 6.8.0-1047.50 USN-8031-3
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gcp-6.14 6.14.0-1016.17~24.04.1 USN-7769-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gke 6.8.0-1043.48 USN-8031-3
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gkeop 6.8.0-1030.33 USN-8028-5
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-hwe-6.14 6.14.0-32.32~24.04.1 USN-7769-3
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-ibm 6.8.0-1044.44 USN-8028-8
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-intel +10 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-lowlatency 6.8.0-100.100.1 USN-8052-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-lowlatency 6.8.0-1046.49.1 USN-8028-7
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra 6.8.0-1020.20 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oem-6.14 6.14.0-1012.12 USN-7771-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oracle 6.8.0-1043.44 USN-8028-5
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-raspi 6.8.0-1047.51 USN-8028-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-riscv-6.14 6.14.0-32.32.1~24.04.1 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-xilinx 6.8.0-1023.24 USN-8052-2
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux +49 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws-6.8 +1 6.8.0-1046.49~22.04.1 USN-8028-5
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-6.8 6.8.0-1051.57~22.04.1 USN-8126-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-fde-6.8 6.8.0-1046.53~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp-6.8 6.8.0-1047.50~22.04.2 USN-8031-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-hwe-6.8 +1 6.8.0-100.100~22.04.1 USN-8028-6
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm-6.8 6.8.0-1044.44~22.04.1 USN-8028-8
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 6.8.0-100.100.1~22.04.1 USN-8028-6
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle-6.8 6.8.0-1043.44~22.04.1 USN-8028-5
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +28 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-raspi-realtime 6.8.0-2037.38 USN-8028-3
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-realtime 6.8.1-1041.42 USN-8028-3
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-realtime-6.14 6.14.0-1012.12~24.04.1 USN-7769-2
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime +1 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime-6.8 6.8.1-1041.42~22.04.1 USN-8028-2
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 20.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 18.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 16.04 LTS linux-fips No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 24.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 6.8.0-1046.49+fips1 USN-8028-4
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 24.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 6.8.0-1046.52+fips1 USN-8074-2
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 24.04 LTS linux-fips 6.8.0-100.100+fips1 USN-8028-4
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 24.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 6.8.0-1047.50+fips1 USN-8031-2
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 16.04 LTS linux-fips No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-preview 22.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux +21 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux +12 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux +7 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS linux-aws +2 No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP7 kernel-64kb +6 6.4.0-150700.53.6.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02307-1
SLES 15 SP7 kernel-azure +2 6.4.0-150700.20.6.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02254-1
SLES 15 SP7 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150700.53.6.1.150700.17.6.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02307-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-64kb +3 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4 SUSE-SU-2025:02538-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-azure +2 6.4.0-150600.8.43.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02249-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-coco +3 6.4.0-15061.28.coco15sp6.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02923-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-default 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5 SUSE-SU-2025:02538-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5.150600.12.26.4 SUSE-SU-2025:02538-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-docs +1 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3 SUSE-SU-2025:02538-1
SLES 12 SP5 kernel-syms +2 4.12.14-122.269.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02846-1
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-31.1.21.9 SUSE-SU-2025:20475-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-rt +1 6.4.0-34.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20483-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-source +2 6.4.0-31.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20475-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-31.1.21.9 SUSE-SU-2025:20493-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-rt +1 6.4.0-34.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20498-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-source +2 6.4.0-31.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20493-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP7 kernel-default 6.4.0-150700.53.6.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02307-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP7 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_2 1-150700.1.5.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02333-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP7 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_2 1-150700.15.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02307-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-default 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5 SUSE-SU-2025:02538-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6-RT_Update_13 1-150600.1.5.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02335-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_13 1-150600.13.6.4 SUSE-SU-2025:02538-1
SLE Live Patching 12 SP5 kernel-default 4.12.14-122.269.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02846-1
SLE Live Patching 12 SP5 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP5_Update_71 1-8.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02846-1
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP7 kernel-rt +2 6.4.0-150700.7.8.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02333-1
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP6 kernel-rt +3 6.4.0-150600.10.44.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02335-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap 15.6 dtb-aarch64 +2 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3 SUSE-SU-2025:02538-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-64kb +5 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4 SUSE-SU-2025:02538-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-azure +2 6.4.0-150600.8.43.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02249-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-default 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5 SUSE-SU-2025:02538-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5.150600.12.26.4 SUSE-SU-2025:02538-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-obs-qa 6.4.0-150600.23.60.2 SUSE-SU-2025:02538-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-rt +3 6.4.0-150600.10.44.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02335-1

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2023 kernel-livepatch-6.12.31-35.92 +1 1.0-0.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-1052, ALAS2023-2025-1037
Amazon Linux 2023 perf +14 6.1.141-155.222.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-1052, ALAS2023-2025-1037
Amazon Linux 2023 perf6.12 +5 6.12.31-35.92.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-1052

Azure Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Azure Linux 3 kernel 6.6.96.1-1 —
Azure Linux 2 (CBL-Mariner) kernel No fix yet —

Oracle Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Oracle Linux 9 kernel-uek +34 6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el10uek ELSA-2025-20530, ELSA-2025-20480

Advisories 42

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