CVE-2025-38172 — Use After Free in Linux
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 84.03%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedJul 3
Latest updateDec 3
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
erofs: avoid using multiple devices with different type
For multiple devices, both primary and extra devices should be the
same type. `erofs_init_device` has already guaranteed that if the
primary is a file-backed device, extra devices should also be
regular files.
However, if the primary is a block device while the extra device
is a file-backed device, `erofs_init_device` will get an ENOTBLK,
which is not treated as an error…
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9
Affected Packages4 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linuxfb176750266a3d7f42ebdcf28e8ba40350b27847 — 65115472f741ca000d7ea4a5922214f93cd1516e+3
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
9OSV▶
linux, linux-aws, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-6.14, linux-oracle, linux-realtime vulnerabilities↗2025-12-03
📋Vendor Advisories
9💬Community
1Bugzilla
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