CVE-2025-38708

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drbd: add missing kref_get in handle_write_conflicts With `two-primaries` enabled, DRBD tries to detect "concurrent" writes and handle write conflicts, so that even if you write to the same sector simultaneously on both nodes, they end up with the identical data once the writes are completed. In handling "superseeded" writes, we forgot a kref_get, resulting in a premature drbd_destroy_device and use after free, and further to kernel crashes with symptoms. Relevance: No one should use DRBD as a random data generator, and apparently all users of "two-primaries" handle concurrent writes correctly on layer up. That is cluster file systems use some distributed lock manager, and live migration in virtualization environments stops writes on one node before starting writes on the other node. Which means that other than for "test cases", this code path is never taken in real life. FYI, in DRBD 9, things are handled differently nowadays. We still detect "write conflicts", but no longer try to be smart about them. We decided to disconnect hard instead: upper layers must not submit concurrent writes. If they do, that's their fault.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

27 Jan 2026, 16:25

Type Values Removed Values Added
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : unknown
v3 : 7.8
CWE CWE-416
CPE cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/00c9c9628b49e368d140cfa61d7df9b8922ec2a8 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/00c9c9628b49e368d140cfa61d7df9b8922ec2a8 - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0336bfe9c237476bd7c45605a36ca79c2bca62e5 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0336bfe9c237476bd7c45605a36ca79c2bca62e5 - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a896498f6f577e57bf26aaa93b48c22b6d20c20 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a896498f6f577e57bf26aaa93b48c22b6d20c20 - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/46e3763dcae0ffcf8fcfaff4fc10a90a92ffdd89 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/46e3763dcae0ffcf8fcfaff4fc10a90a92ffdd89 - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/57418de35420cedab035aa1da8a26c0499b7f575 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/57418de35420cedab035aa1da8a26c0499b7f575 - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d483ad300fc0a06f69b019dda8f74970714baf8 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d483ad300fc0a06f69b019dda8f74970714baf8 - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/810cd546a29bfac90ed1328ea01d693d4bd11cb1 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/810cd546a29bfac90ed1328ea01d693d4bd11cb1 - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/84ef8dd3238330d1795745ece83b19f0295751bf - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/84ef8dd3238330d1795745ece83b19f0295751bf - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f53b2433ad248cd3342cc345f56f5c7904bd8c4 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f53b2433ad248cd3342cc345f56f5c7904bd8c4 - Patch
References () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html - () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html - Third Party Advisory
References () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html - () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html - Third Party Advisory
First Time Linux
Debian
Debian debian Linux
Linux linux Kernel

03 Nov 2025, 18:16

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html -
  • () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html -

04 Sep 2025, 16:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-09-04 16:15

Updated : 2026-01-27 16:25


NVD link : CVE-2025-38708

Mitre link : CVE-2025-38708

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-38708


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Products Affected

debian

  • debian_linux

linux

  • linux_kernel
CWE
CWE-416

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