CVE-2025-38408

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n 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.

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

06 Feb 2026, 17:16

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References
  • () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/186df821de0f34490ed5fc0861243748b2483861 -
  • () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c71aa4bb528ae6f8fd7577a0a39e5a03c60b04fb -

11 Jan 2026, 17:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec3656a8cb428d763def32bc2fa695f94be23629 -

19 Nov 2025, 18:19

Type Values Removed Values Added
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : unknown
v3 : 5.5
CPE cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19bd7597858dd15802c1d99fcc38e528f469080a - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19bd7597858dd15802c1d99fcc38e528f469080a - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7f73d1def72532bac4d55ea8838f457a6bed955c - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7f73d1def72532bac4d55ea8838f457a6bed955c - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8a2277a3c9e4cc5398f80821afe7ecbe9bdf2819 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8a2277a3c9e4cc5398f80821afe7ecbe9bdf2819 - Patch
CWE CWE-476
First Time Linux linux Kernel
Linux

25 Jul 2025, 15:29

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New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-07-25 14:15

Updated : 2026-02-06 17:16


NVD link : CVE-2025-38408

Mitre link : CVE-2025-38408

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-38408


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Products Affected
CWE
CWE-476

NULL Pointer Dereference