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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.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2025-04-16 | Published 2025-07-25 | Updated 2026-02-06 | Assigner Linux

Product status

Default status
unaffected

337cbeb2c13eb4cab84f576fd402d7ae4ed31ae1 (git) before 186df821de0f34490ed5fc0861243748b2483861
affected

337cbeb2c13eb4cab84f576fd402d7ae4ed31ae1 (git) before c71aa4bb528ae6f8fd7577a0a39e5a03c60b04fb
affected

337cbeb2c13eb4cab84f576fd402d7ae4ed31ae1 (git) before ec3656a8cb428d763def32bc2fa695f94be23629
affected

337cbeb2c13eb4cab84f576fd402d7ae4ed31ae1 (git) before 19bd7597858dd15802c1d99fcc38e528f469080a
affected

337cbeb2c13eb4cab84f576fd402d7ae4ed31ae1 (git) before 7f73d1def72532bac4d55ea8838f457a6bed955c
affected

337cbeb2c13eb4cab84f576fd402d7ae4ed31ae1 (git) before 8a2277a3c9e4cc5398f80821afe7ecbe9bdf2819
affected

Default status
affected

5.8
affected

Any version before 5.8
unaffected

5.15.199 (semver)
unaffected

6.1.162 (semver)
unaffected

6.6.120 (semver)
unaffected

6.12.37 (semver)
unaffected

6.15.6 (semver)
unaffected

6.16 (original_commit_for_fix)
unaffected

References

git.kernel.org/...c/186df821de0f34490ed5fc0861243748b2483861

git.kernel.org/...c/c71aa4bb528ae6f8fd7577a0a39e5a03c60b04fb

git.kernel.org/...c/ec3656a8cb428d763def32bc2fa695f94be23629

git.kernel.org/...c/19bd7597858dd15802c1d99fcc38e528f469080a

git.kernel.org/...c/7f73d1def72532bac4d55ea8838f457a6bed955c

git.kernel.org/...c/8a2277a3c9e4cc5398f80821afe7ecbe9bdf2819

cve.org (CVE-2025-38408)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2025-38408)

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