CVE-2025-38259 — Use After Free in Linux

CWE-416 — Use After Free49 documents8 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
OSV5.6OSV3.2
EPSS
0.0%
top 92.66%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
LinuxLinux KernelDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedJul 9
Latest updateMar 25

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ASoC: codecs: wcd9335: Fix missing free of regulator supplies Driver gets and enables all regulator supplies in probe path (wcd9335_parse_dt() and wcd9335_power_on_reset()), but does not cleanup in final error paths and in unbind (missing remove() callback). This leads to leaked memory and unbalanced regulator enable count during probe errors or unbind. Fix this by converting entire code into devm_regulator_bulk_get_enable() …

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

▶NVDlinux/linux_kernel5.1 — 6.1.143+3
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 6.1.147-1+2
▶Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 6.8.0-100.100
▶CVEListV5linux/linux20aedafdf4926e7a957f8b302a18c8fb75c7e332 — edadaf4239c14dc8a19ea7f60b97d5524d93c29b+5

Also affects: Debian Linux 11.0

Patches

Patch: git.kernel.org ↗Patch: git.kernel.org ↗Patch: git.kernel.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

25
OSV
linux-azure-6.8 vulnerabilities↗2026-03-25
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OSV
linux-azure-fips vulnerabilities↗2026-03-04
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OSV
linux-azure vulnerabilities↗2026-03-04
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OSV
linux-ibm, linux-ibm-6.8 vulnerabilities↗2026-02-24
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OSV
linux-xilinx vulnerabilities↗2026-02-24
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📋Vendor Advisories

23
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities↗2026-03-25
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities↗2026-03-04
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Azure FIPS) vulnerabilities↗2026-03-04
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Xilinx) vulnerabilities↗2026-02-24
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (IBM) vulnerabilities↗2026-02-24
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