Description

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.

INFO

Published Date :

2025-07-25T13:20:13.253Z

Last Modified :

2026-02-06T16:31:19.423Z

Source :

Linux
AFFECTED PRODUCTS

The following products are affected by CVE-2025-38408 vulnerability.

Vendors Products
Linux
  • Linux Kernel
REFERENCES

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information to CVE-2025-38408.

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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/186df821de0f34490ed5fc0861243748b2483861 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19bd7597858dd15802c1d99fcc38e528f469080a cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7f73d1def72532bac4d55ea8838f457a6bed955c cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8a2277a3c9e4cc5398f80821afe7ecbe9bdf2819 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c71aa4bb528ae6f8fd7577a0a39e5a03c60b04fb cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec3656a8cb428d763def32bc2fa695f94be23629 cve-icon cve-icon
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025072520-CVE-2025-38408-29e7@gregkh/T cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-38408 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38408 cve-icon
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