CVEvulnerability
CVE-2025-38404
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2025-07-25
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-667
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
usb: typec: displayport: Fix potential deadlock
The deadlock can occur due to a recursive lock acquisition of
`cros_typec_altmode_data::mutex`.
The call chain is as follows:
1. cros_typec_altmode_work() acquires the mutex
2. typec_altmode_vdm() -> dp_altmode_vdm() ->
3. typec_altmode_exit() -> cros_typec_altmode_exit()
4. cros_typec_altmode_exit() attempts to acquire the mutex again
To prevent this, defer the `typec_altmode_exit()` call by scheduling
it rather than calling it directly from within the mutex-protected
context.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel 6.1.143
• linux linux kernel 6.6.96
• linux linux kernel 6.12.36
• linux linux kernel 6.15.5
• linux linux kernel 6.16
• debian debian linux 11.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-667 Improper Locking weakness
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/099cf1fbb8afc3771f408109f62bdec66f85160e Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/63cff9f57e86b2dc25d7487ca0118df89a665296 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/749d9076735fb497aae60fbea9fff563f9ea3254 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/76cf1f33e7319fe74c94ac92f9814094ee8cc84b Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7be0d1ea71f52595499da39cea484a895e8ed042 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/80c25d7916a44715338d4f8924c8e52af50d0b9f Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c782f98eef14197affa8a7b91e6981420f109ea9 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eb08fca56f1f39e4038cb9bac9864464b13b00aa Patch
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html Third Party Advisory