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CVE-2025-38408

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 0.17%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2025-07-25 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8. It affects Linux.

CVE
CVE-2025-38408
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
0.17%
Linux

Original NVD Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: genirq/irq_sim: Initialize work context pointers properly Initialize `ops` member's pointers properly by using kzalloc() instead of kmalloc() when allocating the simulation work context. Otherwise the pointers contain random content leading to invalid dereferencing.

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