# CVE-2025-37907: accel/ivpu: Fix locking order in ivpu_job_submit

> A locking order error in the Linux kernel's Intel VPU driver causes a deadlock during job submission and abort handling, leading to system denial of service.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 20 May 2025
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** AZL-62821, BELL-CVE-2025-37907, DEBIAN-CVE-2025-37907, GHSA-73j2-7869-745f, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2025-37907, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2404-CVE-2025-37907, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-37907

## What is CVE-2025-37907?

CVE-2025-37907 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 20 May 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

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

accel/ivpu: Fix locking order in ivpu_job_submit

Fix deadlock in job submission and abort handling.
When a thread aborts currently executing jobs due to a fault,
it first locks the global lock protecting submitted_jobs (#1).

After the last job is destroyed, it proceeds to release the related context
and locks file_priv (#2). Meanwhile, in the job submission thread,
the file_priv lock (#2) is taken first, and then the submitted_jobs
lock (#1) is obtained when a job is added to the submitted jobs list.

       CPU0                            CPU1
       ----                    	       ----
  (for example due to a fault)         (jobs submissions keep coming)

  lock(&vdev->submitted_jobs_lock) #1
  ivpu_jobs_abort_all()
  job_destroy()
                                      lock(&file_priv->lock)           #2
                                      lock(&vdev->submitted_jobs_lock) #1
  file_priv_release()
  lock(&vdev->context_list_lock)
  lock(&file_priv->lock)           #2

This order of locking causes a deadlock. To resolve this issue,
change the order of locking in ivpu_job_submit().

Weakness: CWE-667 (Improper Locking)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-37907?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-37907?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2025-37907 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-37907 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-37907 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-37907 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 20 May 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-37907 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-37907/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-37907/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-37907
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-37907
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-37907

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