CVE-2025-37995 — Access of Uninitialized Pointer in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV8.8OSV7.8OSV3.2
EPSS
0.1%
top 69.23%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedMay 29
Latest updateMar 25
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
module: ensure that kobject_put() is safe for module type kobjects
In 'lookup_or_create_module_kobject()', an internal kobject is created
using 'module_ktype'. So call to 'kobject_put()' on error handling
path causes an attempt to use an uninitialized completion pointer in
'module_kobject_release()'. In this scenario, we just want to release
kobject without an extra synchronization required for a regular module
unloading proce…
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6
Affected Packages4 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linux942e443127e928a5631c3d5102aca8c8b3c2dd98 — 93799fb988757cdacf19acba57807746c00378e6+8
Also affects: Debian Linux 11.0