#VU112120 Use of uninitialized resource in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-38086
Published: July 2, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU112120
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: 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-2025-38086
CWE-ID: CWE-908
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Software vendor:
Linux Foundation
Linux Foundation
Description
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to use of uninitialized resource within the ch9200_mdio_read() function in drivers/net/usb/ch9200.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's repository.
External links
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/119766de4930ff40db9f36b960cb53b0c400e81b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/33163c68d2e3061fa3935b5f0a1867958b1cdbd2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4da7fcc098218ff92b2e83a43f545c02f714cedd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6bd2569d0b2f918e9581f744df0263caf73ee76c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a350f30d65197354706b7759b5c89d6c267b1a9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9ad0452c0277b816a435433cca601304cfac7c21
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9da3e442714f7f4393ff01c265c4959c03e88c2f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cdaa6d1cb2ff1219c6c822b27655dd170ffb0f72