PT-2025-30808
CVE-2025-38408
·
Published
2025-01-01
·
Updated
2026-10-18
Description by
CVSS 3.1
7.8
HighMetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)
Description
The Linux kernel contains an issue in the
genirq/irq sim component. Improper initialization of work context pointers within the simulation work context, due to the use of kmalloc() instead of kzalloc() for allocation, can lead to invalid dereferencing.Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
Found an issue in the description? Have something to add? Feel free to write us 👾