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CVE-2025-38656

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Published: Aug 22, 2025Modified: Jun 17, 2026

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7.8
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 5.9
Source: NVD

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: iwlwifi: Fix error code in iwl_op_mode_dvm_start() Preserve the error code if iwl_setup_deferred_work() fails. The current code returns ERR_PTR(0) (which is NULL) on this path. I believe the missing error code potentially leads to a use after free involving debugfs.

Affected (6)

Products: Linux: Linux Kernel
Linux
1 product
Linux Kernel
Configuration A
6 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Linux
Linux Kernel
From 5.10.241 to 5.11
Linux Kernel
From 5.15.190 to 5.16
Linux Kernel
From 5.4.297 to 5.5
Linux Kernel
From 6.1.148 to 6.2
Linux Kernel
From 6.12.42 to 6.13
Linux Kernel
From 6.6.102 to 6.7

Related CWEs

CWE-416
Use After Free
The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.

References (3)

Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Patch

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