CVE-2025-38416 — Linux vulnerability
67 documents8 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
OSV5.6OSV3.2
EPSS
0.0%
top 90.74%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedJul 25
Latest updateMar 25
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
NFC: nci: uart: Set tty->disc_data only in success path
Setting tty->disc_data before opening the NCI device means we need to
clean it up on error paths. This also opens some short window if device
starts sending data, even before NCIUARTSETDRIVER IOCTL succeeded
(broken hardware?). Close the window by exposing tty->disc_data only on
the success path, when opening of the NCI device and try_module_get()
succeeds.
The code diff…
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/linux9961127d4bce6325e9a0b0fb105e0c85a6c62cb7 — a514fca2b8e95838a3ba600f31a18fa60b76d893+8
Also affects: Debian Linux 11.0