Use-after-free in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-38300
Published: July 11, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU112749
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-38300
CWE-ID: CWE-416
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 escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the drivers/crypto/allwinner/sun8i-ce/sun8i-ce-cipher.c. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.
How to mitigate CVE-2025-38300
Install update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19d267d9fad00d94ad8477899e38ed7c11f33fb6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4051250e5db489f8ad65fc337e2677b9b568ac72
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a0ac3f85b2e3ef529e852f252a70311f9029d5e6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c62b79c1c51303dbcb6edfa4de0ee176f4934c52
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f31adc3e356f7350d4a4d68c98d3f60f2f6e26b3