CVE-2025-38485 — Use After Free in Linux
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
OSV3.2
EPSS
0.0%
top 94.24%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedJul 28
Latest updateMar 25
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
iio: accel: fxls8962af: Fix use after free in fxls8962af_fifo_flush
fxls8962af_fifo_flush() uses indio_dev->active_scan_mask (with
iio_for_each_active_channel()) without making sure the indio_dev
stays in buffer mode.
There is a race if indio_dev exits buffer mode in the middle of the
interrupt that flushes the fifo. Fix this by calling
synchronize_irq() to ensure that no interrupt is currently running when
disabling buffer mo…
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/linux79e3a5bdd9efbdf4e1069793d7735b432d641e7c — 6ecd61c201b27ad2760b3975437ad2b97d725b98+5
Also affects: Debian Linux 11.0