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CVE-2025-38408

genirq/irq_sim: Initialize work context pointers properly

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 5.15.199, 6.1.162, 6.6.120, 6.12.37, 6.15.6
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: total

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: genirq/irq_sim: Initialize work context pointers properly Initialize `ops` member's pointers properly by using kzalloc() instead of kmalloc() when allocating the simulation work context. Otherwise the pointers contain random content leading to invalid dereferencing.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • Linux Linux

    From 337cbeb2c13eb4cab84f576fd402d7ae4ed31ae1 · fixed in 186df821de0f34490ed5fc0861243748b2483861; From 337cbeb2c13eb4cab84f576fd402d7ae4ed31ae1 · fixed in c71aa4bb528ae6f8fd7577a0a39e5a03c60b04fb; From 337cbeb2c13eb4cab84f576fd402d7ae4ed31ae1 · fixed in ec3656a8cb428d763def32bc2fa695f94be23629; From 337cbeb2c13eb4cab84f576fd402d7ae4ed31ae1 · fixed in 19bd7597858dd15802c1d99fcc38e528f469080a; From 337cbeb2c13eb4cab84f576fd402d7ae4ed31ae1 · fixed in 7f73d1def72532bac4d55ea8838f457a6bed955c; From 337cbeb2c13eb4cab84f576fd402d7ae4ed31ae1 · fixed in 8a2277a3c9e4cc5398f80821afe7ecbe9bdf2819

  • Linux Linux

    5.8

  • KernelLinux

    From 5.8.0 · fixed in 5.15.199; From 5.16.0 · fixed in 6.1.162; From 6.2.0 · fixed in 6.6.120; From 6.7.0 · fixed in 6.12.37; From 6.13.0 · fixed in 6.15.6

References 6

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