CVE-2025-37995Access 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
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

NVDlinux/linux_kernel3.125.4.294+7
Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.10.244-1+3
Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 5.15.0-144.157+1
CVEListV5linux/linux942e443127e928a5631c3d5102aca8c8b3c2dd9893799fb988757cdacf19acba57807746c00378e6+8

Also affects: Debian Linux 11.0

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

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