CVE-2025-38656CWE-416

CVE-2025-38656

High · published August 22, 2025

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
6.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

wifi: iwlwifi: Fix error code in iwl_op_mode_dvm_start()

Preserve the error code if iwl_setup_deferred_work() fails. The current

code returns ERR_PTR(0) (which is NULL) on this path. I believe the

missing error code potentially leads to a use after free involving

debugfs.

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
0.00171 · 6.2th percentile
Weakness
CWE-416 · Use After Free
Published
2025-08-22T20:15Z
Affected products (6)
ProductVersionsFixed in
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.4.297, < 5.55.5
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.10.241, < 5.115.11
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.15.190, < 5.165.16
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.1.148, < 6.26.2
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.6.102, < 6.76.7
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.12.42, < 6.136.13
References (5)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 22 AUG 16:00Z
    wifi: iwlwifi: Fix error code in iwl_op_mode_dvm_start()
    cvelistv5