CVE-2025-21824

MEDIUM
Published Feb 27, 2025 Modified Oct 1, 2025 CWE-908

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: gpu: host1x: Fix a use of uninitialized mutex commit c8347f915e67 ("gpu: host1x: Fix boot regression for Tegra") caused a use of uninitialized mutex leading to below warning when CONFIG_DEBUG_MUTEXES and CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC are enabled. [ 41.662843] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 41.663012] DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(lock->magic != lock) [ 41.663035] WARNING: CPU: 4 PID: 794 at kernel/locking/mutex.c:587 __mutex_lock+0x670/0x878 [ 41.663458] Modules linked in: rtw88_8822c(+) bluetooth(+) rtw88_pci rtw88_core mac80211 aquantia libarc4 crc_itu_t cfg80211 tegra194_cpufreq dwmac_tegra(+) arm_dsu_pmu stmmac_platform stmmac pcs_xpcs rfkill at24 host1x(+) tegra_bpmp_thermal ramoops reed_solomon fuse loop nfnetlink xfs mmc_block rpmb_core ucsi_ccg ina3221 crct10dif_ce xhci_tegra ghash_ce lm90 sha2_ce sha256_arm64 sha1_ce sdhci_tegra pwm_fan sdhci_pltfm sdhci gpio_keys rtc_tegra cqhci mmc_core phy_tegra_xusb i2c_tegra tegra186_gpc_dma i2c_tegra_bpmp spi_tegra114 dm_mirror dm_region_hash dm_log dm_mod [ 41.665078] CPU: 4 UID: 0 PID: 794 Comm: (udev-worker) Not tainted 6.11.0-29.31_1538613708.el10.aarch64+debug #1 [ 41.665838] Hardware name: NVIDIA NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin Developer Kit/Jetson, BIOS 36.3.0-gcid-35594366 02/26/2024 [ 41.672555] pstate: 60400009 (nZCv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) [ 41.679636] pc : __mutex_lock+0x670/0x878 [ 41.683834] lr : __mutex_lock+0x670/0x878 [ 41.688035] sp : ffff800084b77090 [ 41.691446] x29: ffff800084b77160 x28: ffffdd4bebf7b000 x27: ffffdd4be96b1000 [ 41.698799] x26: 1fffe0002308361c x25: 1ffff0001096ee18 x24: 0000000000000000 [ 41.706149] x23: 0000000000000000 x22: 0000000000000002 x21: ffffdd4be6e3c7a0 [ 41.713500] x20: ffff800084b770f0 x19: ffff00011841b1e8 x18: 0000000000000000 [ 41.720675] x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0000000000000000 x15: 0720072007200720 [ 41.728023] x14: 0000000000000000 x13: 0000000000000001 x12: ffff6001a96eaab3 [ 41.735375] x11: 1fffe001a96eaab2 x10: ffff6001a96eaab2 x9 : ffffdd4be4838bbc [ 41.742723] x8 : 00009ffe5691554e x7 : ffff000d4b755593 x6 : 0000000000000001 [ 41.749985] x5 : ffff000d4b755590 x4 : 1fffe0001d88f001 x3 : dfff800000000000 [ 41.756988] x2 : 0000000000000000 x1 : 0000000000000000 x0 : ffff0000ec478000 [ 41.764251] Call trace: [ 41.766695] __mutex_lock+0x670/0x878 [ 41.770373] mutex_lock_nested+0x2c/0x40 [ 41.774134] host1x_intr_start+0x54/0xf8 [host1x] [ 41.778863] host1x_runtime_resume+0x150/0x228 [host1x] [ 41.783935] pm_generic_runtime_resume+0x84/0xc8 [ 41.788485] __rpm_callback+0xa0/0x478 [ 41.792422] rpm_callback+0x15c/0x1a8 [ 41.795922] rpm_resume+0x698/0xc08 [ 41.799597] __pm_runtime_resume+0xa8/0x140 [ 41.803621] host1x_probe+0x810/0xbc0 [host1x] [ 41.807909] platform_probe+0xcc/0x1a8 [ 41.811845] really_probe+0x188/0x800 [ 41.815347] __driver_probe_device+0x164/0x360 [ 41.819810] driver_probe_device+0x64/0x1a8 [ 41.823834] __driver_attach+0x180/0x490 [ 41.827773] bus_for_each_dev+0x104/0x1a0 [ 41.831797] driver_attach+0x44/0x68 [ 41.835296] bus_add_driver+0x23c/0x4e8 [ 41.839235] driver_register+0x15c/0x3a8 [ 41.843170] __platform_register_drivers+0xa4/0x208 [ 41.848159] tegra_host1x_init+0x4c/0xff8 [host1x] [ 41.853147] do_one_initcall+0xd4/0x380 [ 41.856997] do_init_module+0x1dc/0x698 [ 41.860758] load_module+0xc70/0x1300 [ 41.864435] __do_sys_init_module+0x1a8/0x1d0 [ 41.868721] __arm64_sys_init_module+0x74/0xb0 [ 41.873183] invoke_syscall.constprop.0+0xdc/0x1e8 [ 41.877997] do_el0_svc+0x154/0x1d0 [ 41.881671] el0_svc+0x54/0x140 [ 41.884820] el0t_64_sync_handler+0x120/0x130 [ 41.889285] el0t_64_sync+0x1a4/0x1a8 [ 41.892960] irq event stamp: 69737 [ 41.896370] hardirqs last enabled at (69737): [<ffffdd4be6d7768c>] _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x44/0xe8 [ 41.905739] hardirqs last disabled at (69736): ---truncated---

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CVSS v3.1 Score

5.5
MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness Type (CWE)

CWE-908 CWE-908

Affected Products

Vendor Product
linux linux_kernel
linux linux_kernel
linux linux_kernel
linux linux_kernel
linux linux_kernel

References

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2025-21824? +
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: gpu: host1x: Fix a use of uninitialized mutex commit c8347f915e67 ("gpu: host1x: Fix boot regression for Tegra") caused a use of uninitialized mutex leading to below warning when CONFIG_DEBUG_MUTEXES and CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC are enabled. [ 41.662843] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 41.663012] DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(lock->magic != lock) [ 41.663035] WARNING: CPU: 4 PID: 794 at kernel/locking/mutex.c:587 __mutex_lock+0x670/0x878 [ 41.663458] Modules linked in: rtw88_8822c(+) bluetooth(+) rtw88_pci rtw88_core mac80211 aquantia libarc4 crc_itu_t cfg80211 tegra194_cpufreq dwmac_tegra(+) arm_dsu_pmu stmmac_platform stmmac pcs_xpcs rfkill at24 host1x(+) tegra_bpmp_thermal ramoops reed_solomon fuse loop nfnetlink xfs mmc_block rpmb_core ucsi_ccg ina3221 crct10dif_ce xhci_tegra ghash_ce lm90 sha2_ce sha256_arm64 sha1_ce sdhci_tegra pwm_fan sdhci_pltfm sdhci gpio_keys rtc_tegra cqhci mmc_core phy_tegra_xusb i2c_tegra tegra186_gpc_dma i2c_tegra_bpmp spi_tegra114 dm_mirror dm_region_hash dm_log dm_mod [ 41.665078] CPU: 4 UID: 0 PID: 794 Comm: (udev-worker) Not tainted 6.11.0-29.31_1538613708.el10.aarch64+debug #1 [ 41.665838] Hardware name: NVIDIA NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin Developer Kit/Jetson, BIOS 36.3.0-gcid-35594366 02/26/2024 [ 41.672555] pstate: 60400009 (nZCv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) [ 41.679636] pc : __mutex_lock+0x670/0x878 [ 41.683834] lr : __mutex_lock+0x670/0x878 [ 41.688035] sp : ffff800084b77090 [ 41.691446] x29: ffff800084b77160 x28: ffffdd4bebf7b000 x27: ffffdd4be96b1000 [ 41.698799] x26: 1fffe0002308361c x25: 1ffff0001096ee18 x24: 0000000000000000 [ 41.706149] x23: 0000000000000000 x22: 0000000000000002 x21: ffffdd4be6e3c7a0 [ 41.713500] x20: ffff800084b770f0 x19: ffff00011841b1e8 x18: 0000000000000000 [ 41.720675] x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0000000000000000 x15: 0720072007200720 [ 41.728023] x14: 0000000000000000 x13: 0000000000000001 x12: ffff6001a96eaab3 [ 41.735375] x11: 1fffe001a96eaab2 x10: ffff6001a96eaab2 x9 : ffffdd4be4838bbc [ 41.742723] x8 : 00009ffe5691554e x7 : ffff000d4b755593 x6 : 0000000000000001 [ 41.749985] x5 : ffff000d4b755590 x4 : 1fffe0001d88f001 x3 : dfff800000000000 [ 41.756988] x2 : 0000000000000000 x1 : 0000000000000000 x0 : ffff0000ec478000 [ 41.764251] Call trace: [ 41.766695] __mutex_lock+0x670/0x878 [ 41.770373] mutex_lock_nested+0x2c/0x40 [ 41.774134] host1x_intr_start+0x54/0xf8 [host1x] [ 41.778863] host1x_runtime_resume+0x150/0x228 [host1x] [ 41.783935] pm_generic_runtime_resume+0x84/0xc8 [ 41.788485] __rpm_callback+0xa0/0x478 [ 41.792422] rpm_callback+0x15c/0x1a8 [ 41.795922] rpm_resume+0x698/0xc08 [ 41.799597] __pm_runtime_resume+0xa8/0x140 [ 41.803621] host1x_probe+0x810/0xbc0 [host1x] [ 41.807909] platform_probe+0xcc/0x1a8 [ 41.811845] really_probe+0x188/0x800 [ 41.815347] __driver_probe_device+0x164/0x360 [ 41.819810] driver_probe_device+0x64/0x1a8 [ 41.823834] __driver_attach+0x180/0x490 [ 41.827773] bus_for_each_dev+0x104/0x1a0 [ 41.831797] driver_attach+0x44/0x68 [ 41.835296] bus_add_driver+0x23c/0x4e8 [ 41.839235] driver_register+0x15c/0x3a8 [ 41.843170] __platform_register_drivers+0xa4/0x208 [ 41.848159] tegra_host1x_init+0x4c/0xff8 [host1x] [ 41.853147] do_one_initcall+0xd4/0x380 [ 41.856997] do_init_module+0x1dc/0x698 [ 41.860758] load_module+0xc70/0x1300 [ 41.864435] __do_sys_init_module+0x1a8/0x1d0 [ 41.868721] __arm64_sys_init_module+0x74/0xb0 [ 41.873183] invoke_syscall.constprop.0+0xdc/0x1e8 [ 41.877997] do_el0_svc+0x154/0x1d0 [ 41.881671] el0_svc+0x54/0x140 [ 41.884820] el0t_64_sync_handler+0x120/0x130 [ 41.889285] el0t_64_sync+0x1a4/0x1a8 [ 41.892960] irq event stamp: 69737 [ 41.896370] hardirqs last enabled at (69737): [<ffffdd4be6d7768c>] _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x44/0xe8 [ 41.905739] hardirqs last disabled at (69736): ---truncated--- It has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).
How severe is CVE-2025-21824? +
CVE-2025-21824 has a CVSS v3.1 score of 5.5 out of 10, rated MEDIUM. This is a medium-severity vulnerability that should be remediated as part of regular maintenance.
What products are affected by CVE-2025-21824? +
CVE-2025-21824 affects products from linux, specifically: linux_kernel. Check the affected products table above for specific version ranges.
How do I check if I'm vulnerable to CVE-2025-21824? +
You can use Secably's free Website Scanner to check your website for known vulnerabilities. For infrastructure scanning, use the Port Scanner to identify exposed services that may be affected. Check the vendor advisories linked above for specific patch and version information.

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