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AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV L L L N U N N H 5.5 .0017 6.8 —
AFFECTED Product Versions Fixed Linux 337cbeb2c13eb4cab84f576fd402d7ae4ed31ae1 – — Linux 5.8 – 5.15.199
TIMELINE Apr 16 Reserved by Linux Jul 25 Published (CNA: Linux) Jul 30 RESCORED — CVE-2025-38408 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 5.5 (NVD).
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.
| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| April 16, 2025 | Reserved | Reserved by Linux |
| July 25, 2025 | Published | Published (CNA: Linux) |
| July 30, 2026 | RESCORED | RESCORED — CVE-2025-38408 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 5.5 (NVD). |
Authoritative record: CVE-2025-38408 at cve.org
Vendors: linux
Weaknesses: CWE-476
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