# CVE-2025-38576: powerpc/eeh: Make EEH driver device hotplug safe

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-08-19 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 3.14

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: powerpc/eeh: Make EEH driver device hotplug safe Multiple race conditions existed between the PCIe hotplug driver and the EEH driver, leading to a variety of kernel oopses of the same general nature: <pcie device unplug> <eeh driver trigger> <hotplug removal trigger> <pcie tree reconfiguration> <eeh recovery next step> <oops in EEH driver bus iteration loop> A second class of oops is also seen when the underlying bus disappears during device recovery. Refactor the EEH module to be PCI rescan and remove safe. Also clean up a few minor formatting / readability issues.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/502f08831a9afb72dc98a56ae6504da43e93b250
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f56e004b781719d8fdf6c9619b15caf2579bc1f2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/59c6d3d81d42bf543c90597b4f38c53d6874c5a1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a426e8a6ae161f51888585b065db0f8f93ab2e16
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d2c60a8a387e9fcc28447ef36c03f8e49fd052a6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d42bbd8f30ac38b1ce54715bf08ec3dac18d6b25
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19d5036e7ad766cf212aebec23b9f1d7924a62bc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1010b4c012b0d78dfb9d3132b49aa2ef024a07a7

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