# CVE-2025-38393: NFSv4/pNFS: Fix a race to wake on NFS\_LAYOUT\_DRAIN

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.10.240, 5.15.187, 5.19, 6.1.144, 6.6.97, and 2 more
- Published: 2025-07-25 · Updated: 2026-10-15

## Affected

- Linux: from 8acc3e228e1c90bd410f73597a4549e0409f22d6, fixed in 08287df60bac5b008b6bcdb03053988335d3d282; from ec23a86e060cbe30b62eb2955adc97c92d80cc4c, fixed in 8846fd02c98da8b79e6343a20e6071be6f372180; from 880265c77ac415090090d1fe72a188fee71cb458, fixed in e4b13885e7ef1e64e45268feef1e5f0707c47e72; from 880265c77ac415090090d1fe72a188fee71cb458, fixed in 8ca65fa71024a1767a59ffbc6a6e2278af84735e; from 880265c77ac415090090d1fe72a188fee71cb458, fixed in 864a54c1243ed3ca60baa4bc492dede1361f4c83; from 880265c77ac415090090d1fe72a188fee71cb458, fixed in 1f4da20080718f258e189a2c5f515385fa393da6; from 880265c77ac415090090d1fe72a188fee71cb458, fixed in c01776287414ca43412d1319d2877cbad65444ac; from 5.10.124, fixed in 5.10.240; from 5.15.49, fixed in 5.15.187; from 5.18.6, fixed in 5.19
- Linux: 5.19
- Kernel (Linux): fixed in 5.10.240; from 5.11.0, fixed in 5.15.187; from 5.16.0, fixed in 6.1.144; from 5.19.0, fixed in 6.6.97; from 6.2.0, fixed in 6.12.37; from 6.7.0, fixed in 6.15.6

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: NFSv4/pNFS: Fix a race to wake on NFS_LAYOUT_DRAIN We found a few different systems hung up in writeback waiting on the same page lock, and one task waiting on the NFS_LAYOUT_DRAIN bit in pnfs_update_layout(), however the pnfs_layout_hdr's plh_outstanding count was zero. It seems most likely that this is another race between the waiter and waker similar to commit ed0172af5d6f ("SUNRPC: Fix a race to wake a sync task"). Fix it up by applying the advised barrier.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (5.10.240, 5.15.187, 5.19, 6.1.144, 6.6.97) per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/08287df60bac5b008b6bcdb03053988335d3d282
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8846fd02c98da8b79e6343a20e6071be6f372180
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e4b13885e7ef1e64e45268feef1e5f0707c47e72
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8ca65fa71024a1767a59ffbc6a6e2278af84735e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/864a54c1243ed3ca60baa4bc492dede1361f4c83
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f4da20080718f258e189a2c5f515385fa393da6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c01776287414ca43412d1319d2877cbad65444ac

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