Upstream information

CVE-2025-38296 at MITRE

Description

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

ACPI: platform_profile: Avoid initializing on non-ACPI platforms

The platform profile driver is loaded even on platforms that do not have
ACPI enabled. The initialization of the sysfs entries was recently moved
from platform_profile_register() to the module init call, and those
entries need acpi_kobj to be initialized which is not the case when ACPI
is disabled.

This results in the following warning:

WARNING: CPU: 5 PID: 1 at fs/sysfs/group.c:131 internal_create_group+0xa22/0xdd8
Modules linked in:
CPU: 5 UID: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Tainted: G W 6.15.0-rc7-dirty #6 PREEMPT
Tainted: [W]=WARN
Hardware name: riscv-virtio,qemu (DT)
epc : internal_create_group+0xa22/0xdd8
ra : internal_create_group+0xa22/0xdd8

Call Trace:

internal_create_group+0xa22/0xdd8
sysfs_create_group+0x22/0x2e
platform_profile_init+0x74/0xb2
do_one_initcall+0x198/0xa9e
kernel_init_freeable+0x6d8/0x780
kernel_init+0x28/0x24c
ret_from_fork+0xe/0x18

Fix this by checking if ACPI is enabled before trying to create sysfs
entries.

[ rjw: Subject and changelog edits ]

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

Note from the SUSE Security Team on the kernel-default package

SUSE will no longer fix all CVEs in the Linux Kernel anymore, but declare some bug classes as won't fix. Please refer to TID 21496 for more details.

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Status of this issue by product and package

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Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 kernel-default Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 kernel-default Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP7 kernel-default Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP7 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP6 kernel-default Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP6 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP6 kernel-source-azure Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP7 kernel-default Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP7 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP7 kernel-source-azure Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-default Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP7 kernel-default Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP7 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 kernel-default Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 kernel-rt Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 kernel-source-rt Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 kernel-default Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 kernel-rt Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 kernel-source-rt Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 kernel-default Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 kernel-rt Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 kernel-source-rt Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 kernel-default Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 kernel-rt Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 kernel-source-rt Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 kernel-default Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 kernel-source-rt Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6 kernel-default Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 kernel-default Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP6 kernel-default Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP6 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP7 kernel-default Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP7 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Legacy 15 SP7 kernel-default Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Legacy 15 SP7 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP6 kernel-source-azure Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP7 kernel-source-azure Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP6 kernel-source-rt Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP7 kernel-source-rt Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 kernel-default Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 kernel-source-azure Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 kernel-default Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 kernel-source-azure Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 kernel-default Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 kernel-source-azure Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 kernel-default Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 kernel-source-azure Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP6 kernel-default Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP6 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP7 kernel-default Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP7 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Micro 6.0 kernel-default Ignore
SUSE Linux Micro 6.0 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Micro 6.0 kernel-source-rt Ignore
SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 kernel-default Ignore
SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 kernel-source-rt Ignore
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP6 kernel-source-rt Ignore
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP7 kernel-source-rt Ignore
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-default Ignore
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-source Ignore
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-source-azure Ignore
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-source-rt Ignore
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS kernel-default Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS kernel-default Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 kernel-source-azure Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS kernel-default Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS kernel-default Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12 SP5 kernel-default Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12 SP5 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP3 kernel-default Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP3 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP4 kernel-default Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP4 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-default Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP3 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP3 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP4 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP5 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP5 kernel-source-azure Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS EXTREME CORE kernel-default Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS EXTREME CORE kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 kernel-source-azure Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS kernel-default Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS kernel-source-azure Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS Extended Security kernel-default Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS Extended Security kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS kernel-default Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS kernel-default Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 kernel-source-azure Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS kernel-default Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5 kernel-source-azure Ignore
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 kernel-default Ignore
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Manager Proxy LTS 4.3 kernel-default Ignore
SUSE Manager Proxy LTS 4.3 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 kernel-default Ignore
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server LTS 4.3 kernel-default Ignore
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server LTS 4.3 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 kernel-default Ignore
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Manager Server LTS 4.3 kernel-default Ignore
SUSE Manager Server LTS 4.3 kernel-source Ignore
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-ESPOS kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-ESPOS kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.0 kernel-default Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP2 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP1 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP2 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 12 SP2-CLIENT kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3 kernel-source-rt Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4 kernel-source-rt Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP5 kernel-source-rt Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS kernel-default Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS kernel-default Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS kernel-default Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-BCL kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS kernel-default Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-BCL kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS kernel-default Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-BCL kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS kernel-default Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 kernel-default Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 kernel-default Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 kernel-default Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 kernel-source-azure Ignore
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Manager Server 4.0 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Manager Server 4.1 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Manager Server 4.2 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 kernel-source Ignore
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP3 kernel-source-rt Ignore
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP4 kernel-source-rt Ignore
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP5 kernel-source-rt Ignore
openSUSE Leap 15.3 kernel-source Ignore
openSUSE Leap 15.3 kernel-source-rt Ignore
openSUSE Leap 15.4 kernel-source Ignore
openSUSE Leap 15.4 kernel-source-azure Ignore
openSUSE Leap 15.4 kernel-source-rt Ignore
openSUSE Leap 15.5 kernel-source Ignore
openSUSE Leap 15.5 kernel-source-azure Ignore
openSUSE Leap 15.5 kernel-source-rt Ignore


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Thu Jul 10 12:02:10 2025
CVE page last modified: Sat Jul 12 22:12:50 2025