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CVE-2025-38042 json

dmaengine: ti: k3-udma-glue: Drop skip_fdq argument from k3_udma_glue_reset_rx_chn

published last yr. modified 10d ago also EUVD-2025-18610

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 13%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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

dmaengine: ti: k3-udma-glue: Drop skip_fdq argument from k3_udma_glue_reset_rx_chn

The user of k3_udma_glue_reset_rx_chn() e.g. ti_am65_cpsw_nuss can run on multiple platforms having different DMA architectures. On some platforms there can be one FDQ for all flows in the RX channel while for others there is a separate FDQ for each flow in the RX channel.

So far we have been relying on the skip_fdq argument of k3_udma_glue_reset_rx_chn().

Instead of relying on the user to provide this information, infer it based on DMA architecture during k3_udma_glue_request_rx_chn() and save it in an internal flag 'single_fdq'. Use that flag at k3_udma_glue_reset_rx_chn() to deicide if the FDQ needs to be cleared for every flow or just for flow 0.

Fixes the below issue on ti_am65_cpsw_nuss driver on AM62-SK.

> ip link set eth1 down > ip link set eth0 down > ethtool -L eth0 rx 8 > ip link set eth0 up > modprobe -r ti_am65_cpsw_nuss

[ 103.045726] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 103.050505] k3_knav_desc_pool size 512000 != avail 64000 [ 103.050703] WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 450 at drivers/net/ethernet/ti/k3-cppi-desc-pool.c:33 k3_cppi_desc_pool_destroy+0xa0/0xa8 [k3_cppi_desc_pool] [ 103.068810] Modules linked in: ti_am65_cpsw_nuss(-) k3_cppi_desc_pool snd_soc_hdmi_codec crct10dif_ce snd_soc_simple_card snd_soc_simple_card_utils display_connector rtc_ti_k3 k3_j72xx_bandgap tidss drm_client_lib snd_soc_davinci_mcas p drm_dma_helper tps6598x phylink snd_soc_ti_udma rti_wdt drm_display_helper snd_soc_tlv320aic3x_i2c typec at24 phy_gmii_sel snd_soc_ti_edma snd_soc_tlv320aic3x sii902x snd_soc_ti_sdma sa2ul omap_mailbox drm_kms_helper authenc cfg80211 r fkill fuse drm drm_panel_orientation_quirks backlight ip_tables x_tables ipv6 [last unloaded: k3_cppi_desc_pool] [ 103.119950] CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 450 Comm: modprobe Not tainted 6.13.0-rc7-00001-g9c5e3435fa66 #1011 [ 103.119968] Hardware name: Texas Instruments AM625 SK (DT) [ 103.119974] pstate: 80000005 (Nzcv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) [ 103.119983] pc : k3_cppi_desc_pool_destroy+0xa0/0xa8 [k3_cppi_desc_pool] [ 103.148007] lr : k3_cppi_desc_pool_destroy+0xa0/0xa8 [k3_cppi_desc_pool] [ 103.154709] sp : ffff8000826ebbc0 [ 103.158015] x29: ffff8000826ebbc0 x28: ffff0000090b6300 x27: 0000000000000000 [ 103.165145] x26: 0000000000000000 x25: 0000000000000000 x24: ffff0000019df6b0 [ 103.172271] x23: ffff0000019df6b8 x22: ffff0000019df410 x21: ffff8000826ebc88 [ 103.179397] x20: 000000000007d000 x19: ffff00000a3b3000 x18: 0000000000000000 [ 103.186522] x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0000000000000000 x15: 000001e8c35e1cde [ 103.193647] x14: 0000000000000396 x13: 000000000000035c x12: 0000000000000000 [ 103.200772] x11: 000000000000003a x10: 00000000000009c0 x9 : ffff8000826eba20 [ 103.207897] x8 : ffff0000090b6d20 x7 : ffff00007728c180 x6 : ffff00007728c100 [ 103.215022] x5 : 0000000000000001 x4 : ffff000000508a50 x3 : ffff7ffff6146000 [ 103.222147] x2 : 0000000000000000 x1 : e300b4173ee6b200 x0 : 0000000000000000 [ 103.229274] Call trace: [ 103.231714] k3_cppi_desc_pool_destroy+0xa0/0xa8 [k3_cppi_desc_pool] (P) [ 103.238408] am65_cpsw_nuss_free_rx_chns+0x28/0x4c [ti_am65_cpsw_nuss] [ 103.244942] devm_action_release+0x14/0x20 [ 103.249040] release_nodes+0x3c/0x68 [ 103.252610] devres_release_all+0x8c/0xdc [ 103.256614] device_unbind_cleanup+0x18/0x60 [ 103.260876] device_release_driver_internal+0xf8/0x178 [ 103.266004] driver_detach+0x50/0x9c [ 103.269571] bus_remove_driver+0x6c/0xbc [ 103.273485] driver_unregister+0x30/0x60 [ 103.277401] platform_driver_unregister+0x14/0x20 [ 103.282096] am65_cpsw_nuss_driver_exit+0x18/0xff4 [ti_am65_cpsw_nuss] [ 103.288620] __arm64_sys_delete_module+0x17c/0x25c [ 103.293404] invoke_syscall+0x44/0x100 [ 103.297149] el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0xc0/0xe0 [ 103.301845] do_el0_svc+0x1c/0x28 [ 103.305155] el0_svc+0x28/0x98 ---truncated---

Patch / fix

  • Linux Linux 6.1.191, 6.6.160, 6.12.114, 6.14.9, 6.15
  • linux Debian 13 6.12.115-2
  • linux Debian 14 6.16.3-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2025-38042

  • linux-aws-6.14 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.14.0-1013.13~24.04.1
  • linux-gcp-6.14 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.14.0-1016.17~24.04.1
  • linux-oem-6.14 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.14.0-1012.12
  • linux-riscv-6.14 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.14.0-32.32.1~24.04.1
  • linux-oracle-6.14 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.14.0-1013.13~24.04.1
  • linux-azure-nvidia-6.14 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.14.0-1007.7
  • linux-realtime-6.14 Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS 6.14.0-1012.12~24.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38042

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red hat product security vex CVE-2025-38042 updated cvss 5.5

kernel: dmaengine: ti: k3-udma-glue: Drop skip_fdq argument from k3_udma_glue_reset_rx_chn

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 kernel
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +83 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 13% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

  • Linux Linux

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