Improper resource shutdown or release in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-38042
Published: June 20, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU111690
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-38042
CWE-ID: CWE-404
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to failure to properly release resources within the prueth_reset_rx_chan() function in drivers/net/ethernet/ti/icssg/icssg_common.c, within the am65_cpsw_destroy_rxq() and am65_cpsw_nuss_register_ndevs() functions in drivers/net/ethernet/ti/am65-cpsw-nuss.c, within the k3_udma_chan_dev_release(), k3_udma_glue_request_rx_chn_priv(), k3_udma_glue_request_remote_rx_chn_common(), EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL() and k3_udma_glue_reset_rx_chn() functions in drivers/dma/ti/k3-udma-glue.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2025-38042
Install update from vendor's repository.