TI-2025-25774 Aliases CVE-2025-38436 GHSA-637r-5w8j-mjg6

drm/scheduler: signal scheduled fence when kill job

LOW 24CWE-667Published 2025-07-25 · Updated 2026-11-05

Key facts

Attack vector: Local
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · None · High
Fix status: Partial Red Hat: 4 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-667 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/scheduler: signal scheduled fence when kill job When an entity from application B is killed, drm_sched_entity_kill() removes all jobs belonging to that entity through drm_sched_entity_kill_jobs_work(). If application A's job depends on a scheduled fence from application B's job, and that fence is not properly signaled during the killing process, application A's dependency cannot be cleared. This leads to application A hanging indefinitely while waiting for a dependency that will never be resolved. Fix this issue by ensuring that scheduled fences are properly signaled when an entity is killed, allowing dependent applications to continue execution.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00163 5th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Partial Linux (Linux): 6.1.169, 6.6.96, 6.12.36 +2Red Hat: 4 without a fix

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
Linux	Linux	4.3 and later	6.1.169, 6.6.96, 6.12.36, 6.15.5, 6.16	Patch available	CNA

Linux VendorLinux Affected 4.3 and later Fixed in 6.1.169, 6.6.96, 6.12.36, 6.15.5, 6.16 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	4.3 to before 6.6.96; 6.7 to before 6.12.36; 6.13 to before 6.15.5	Vulnerable	Linux

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.3 to before 6.6.96; 6.7 to before 6.12.36; 6.13 to before 6.15.5 Vulnerable ·Linux

Remediation

Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.1.169, 6.6.96, 6.12.36, 6.15.5, 6.16

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Product	Status	Plan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10	Affected	No fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	Affected	No fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8	Affected	No fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9	Affected	No fix yet: Fix deferred

Not affected: 1 product

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-38436
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-637r-5w8j-mjg6
2026-11-05 CISA SSVC decision points changed

References

Patch 4

Other 1

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8342127a8a65b0673863b106ce32b79c91ae3270

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Sources

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