{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2025-38397","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","state":"PUBLISHED","assignerShortName":"Linux","dateReserved":"2025-04-16T04:51:24.012Z","datePublished":"2025-07-25T12:53:41.566Z","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T21:27:11.550Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","shortName":"Linux","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T21:27:11.550Z"},"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnvme-multipath: fix suspicious RCU usage warning\n\nWhen I run the NVME over TCP test in virtme-ng, I get the following\n\"suspicious RCU usage\" warning in nvme_mpath_add_sysfs_link():\n\n'''\n[    5.024557][   T44] nvmet: Created nvm controller 1 for subsystem nqn.2025-06.org.nvmexpress.mptcp for NQN nqn.2014-08.org.nvmexpress:uuid:f7f6b5e0-ff97-4894-98ac-c85309e0bc77.\n[    5.027401][  T183] nvme nvme0: creating 2 I/O queues.\n[    5.029017][  T183] nvme nvme0: mapped 2/0/0 default/read/poll queues.\n[    5.032587][  T183] nvme nvme0: new ctrl: NQN \"nqn.2025-06.org.nvmexpress.mptcp\", addr 127.0.0.1:4420, hostnqn: nqn.2014-08.org.nvmexpress:uuid:f7f6b5e0-ff97-4894-98ac-c85309e0bc77\n[    5.042214][   T25]\n[    5.042440][   T25] =============================\n[    5.042579][   T25] WARNING: suspicious RCU usage\n[    5.042705][   T25] 6.16.0-rc3+ #23 Not tainted\n[    5.042812][   T25] -----------------------------\n[    5.042934][   T25] drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c:1203 RCU-list traversed in non-reader section!!\n[    5.043111][   T25]\n[    5.043111][   T25] other info that might help us debug this:\n[    5.043111][   T25]\n[    5.043341][   T25]\n[    5.043341][   T25] rcu_scheduler_active = 2, debug_locks = 1\n[    5.043502][   T25] 3 locks held by kworker/u9:0/25:\n[    5.043615][   T25]  #0: ffff888008730948 ((wq_completion)async){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7ed/0x1350\n[    5.043830][   T25]  #1: ffffc900001afd40 ((work_completion)(&entry->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0xcf3/0x1350\n[    5.044084][   T25]  #2: ffff888013ee0020 (&head->srcu){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: nvme_mpath_add_sysfs_link.part.0+0xb4/0x3a0\n[    5.044300][   T25]\n[    5.044300][   T25] stack backtrace:\n[    5.044439][   T25] CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 25 Comm: kworker/u9:0 Not tainted 6.16.0-rc3+ #23 PREEMPT(full)\n[    5.044441][   T25] Hardware name: Bochs Bochs, BIOS Bochs 01/01/2011\n[    5.044442][   T25] Workqueue: async async_run_entry_fn\n[    5.044445][   T25] Call Trace:\n[    5.044446][   T25]  <TASK>\n[    5.044449][   T25]  dump_stack_lvl+0x6f/0xb0\n[    5.044453][   T25]  lockdep_rcu_suspicious.cold+0x4f/0xb1\n[    5.044457][   T25]  nvme_mpath_add_sysfs_link.part.0+0x2fb/0x3a0\n[    5.044459][   T25]  ? queue_work_on+0x90/0xf0\n[    5.044461][   T25]  ? lockdep_hardirqs_on+0x78/0x110\n[    5.044466][   T25]  nvme_mpath_set_live+0x1e9/0x4f0\n[    5.044470][   T25]  nvme_mpath_add_disk+0x240/0x2f0\n[    5.044472][   T25]  ? __pfx_nvme_mpath_add_disk+0x10/0x10\n[    5.044475][   T25]  ? add_disk_fwnode+0x361/0x580\n[    5.044480][   T25]  nvme_alloc_ns+0x81c/0x17c0\n[    5.044483][   T25]  ? kasan_quarantine_put+0x104/0x240\n[    5.044487][   T25]  ? __pfx_nvme_alloc_ns+0x10/0x10\n[    5.044495][   T25]  ? __pfx_nvme_find_get_ns+0x10/0x10\n[    5.044496][   T25]  ? rcu_read_lock_any_held+0x45/0xa0\n[    5.044498][   T25]  ? validate_chain+0x232/0x4f0\n[    5.044503][   T25]  nvme_scan_ns+0x4c8/0x810\n[    5.044506][   T25]  ? __pfx_nvme_scan_ns+0x10/0x10\n[    5.044508][   T25]  ? find_held_lock+0x2b/0x80\n[    5.044512][   T25]  ? ktime_get+0x16d/0x220\n[    5.044517][   T25]  ? kvm_clock_get_cycles+0x18/0x30\n[    5.044520][   T25]  ? __pfx_nvme_scan_ns_async+0x10/0x10\n[    5.044522][   T25]  async_run_entry_fn+0x97/0x560\n[    5.044523][   T25]  ? rcu_is_watching+0x12/0xc0\n[    5.044526][   T25]  process_one_work+0xd3c/0x1350\n[    5.044532][   T25]  ? __pfx_process_one_work+0x10/0x10\n[    5.044536][   T25]  ? assign_work+0x16c/0x240\n[    5.044539][   T25]  worker_thread+0x4da/0xd50\n[    5.044545][   T25]  ? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10\n[    5.044546][   T25]  kthread+0x356/0x5c0\n[    5.044548][   T25]  ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10\n[    5.044549][   T25]  ? ret_from_fork+0x1b/0x2e0\n[    5.044552][   T25]  ? __lock_release.isra.0+0x5d/0x180\n[    5.044553][   T25]  ? ret_from_fork+0x1b/0x2e0\n[    5.044555][   T25]  ? rcu_is_watching+0x12/0xc0\n[    5.044557][   T25]  ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10\n[    5.04\n---truncated---"}],"affected":[{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c"],"versions":[{"version":"4dbd2b2ebe4cc5f101881e2c091a70ccd38db7ee","lessThan":"a432383e6cd86d9fda00a6073ed35c1067a836d6","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"4dbd2b2ebe4cc5f101881e2c091a70ccd38db7ee","lessThan":"d6811074203b13f715ce2480ac64c5b1c773f2a5","status":"affected","versionType":"git"}]},{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c"],"versions":[{"version":"6.15","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"6.15","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.15.6","lessThanOrEqual":"6.15.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.16","lessThanOrEqual":"*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}]}],"cpeApplicability":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.15","versionEndExcluding":"6.15.6"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.15","versionEndExcluding":"6.16"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a432383e6cd86d9fda00a6073ed35c1067a836d6"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d6811074203b13f715ce2480ac64c5b1c773f2a5"}],"title":"nvme-multipath: fix suspicious RCU usage warning","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}