CVE-2025-38456 — Out-of-bounds Write in Linux
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
OSV3.2
EPSS
0.0%
top 92.21%
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:
ipmi:msghandler: Fix potential memory corruption in ipmi_create_user()
The "intf" list iterator is an invalid pointer if the correct
"intf->intf_num" is not found. Calling atomic_dec(&intf->nr_users) on
and invalid pointer will lead to memory corruption.
We don't really need to call atomic_dec() if we haven't called
atomic_add_return() so update the if (intf->in_shutdown) path as well.
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/linux8e76741c3d8b20dfa2d6c30fa10ff927cfd93d82 — cbc1670297f675854e982d23c8583900ff0cc67a+5
Also affects: Debian Linux 11.0