CVE-2025-38137CWE-416

CVE-2025-38137

High · published July 3, 2025

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
8.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

PCI/pwrctrl: Cancel outstanding rescan work when unregistering

It's possible to trigger use-after-free here by:

(a) forcing rescan_work_func() to take a long time and

(b) utilizing a pwrctrl driver that may be unloaded for some reason

Cancel outstanding work to ensure it is finished before we allow our data

structures to be cleaned up.

[bhelgaas: tidy commit log]

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00193 · 8.5th percentile
Weakness
CWE-416 · Use After Free
Published
2025-07-03T13:15Z
Affected products (3)
ProductVersionsFixed in
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.11.1, < 6.15.36.15.3
linux/linux_kernelall versions—
linux/linux_kernelall versions—
References (3)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 03 JUL 08:35Z
    PCI/pwrctrl: Cancel outstanding rescan work when unregistering
    cvelistv5