CVE-2025-38531 — Use of Uninitialized Resource in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV3.2
EPSS
0.0%
top 98.40%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedAug 16
Latest updateMar 25
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
iio: common: st_sensors: Fix use of uninitialize device structs
Throughout the various probe functions &indio_dev->dev is used before it
is initialized. This caused a kernel panic in st_sensors_power_enable()
when the call to devm_regulator_bulk_get_enable() fails and then calls
dev_err_probe() with the uninitialized device.
This seems to only cause a panic with dev_err_probe(), dev_err(),
dev_warn() and dev_info() don't seem…
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6