CVE-2025-38408
genirq/irq_sim: Initialize work context pointers properly
CVSS Score
0.0
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th
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.
| Vendor | linux |
| Product | linux |
| Ecosystems | |
| Industries | Technology |
| Published | Jul 25, 2025 |
| Last Updated | May 11, 2026 |
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Affected Versions
Linux / Linux
337cbeb2c13eb4cab84f576fd402d7ae4ed31ae1 < 186df821de0f34490ed5fc0861243748b2483861 337cbeb2c13eb4cab84f576fd402d7ae4ed31ae1 < c71aa4bb528ae6f8fd7577a0a39e5a03c60b04fb 337cbeb2c13eb4cab84f576fd402d7ae4ed31ae1 < ec3656a8cb428d763def32bc2fa695f94be23629 337cbeb2c13eb4cab84f576fd402d7ae4ed31ae1 < 19bd7597858dd15802c1d99fcc38e528f469080a 337cbeb2c13eb4cab84f576fd402d7ae4ed31ae1 < 7f73d1def72532bac4d55ea8838f457a6bed955c 337cbeb2c13eb4cab84f576fd402d7ae4ed31ae1 < 8a2277a3c9e4cc5398f80821afe7ecbe9bdf2819
Linux / Linux
5.8
References
git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/186df821de0f34490ed5fc0861243748b2483861 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c71aa4bb528ae6f8fd7577a0a39e5a03c60b04fb git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec3656a8cb428d763def32bc2fa695f94be23629 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19bd7597858dd15802c1d99fcc38e528f469080a git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7f73d1def72532bac4d55ea8838f457a6bed955c git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8a2277a3c9e4cc5398f80821afe7ecbe9bdf2819