#VU112185 Use-after-free in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-38131
Published: July 4, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU112185
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: 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-2025-38131
CWE-ID: CWE-416
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 escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(), _cscfg_activate_config(), _cscfg_deactivate_config(), cscfg_csdev_enable_active_config() and cscfg_csdev_disable_active_config() functions in drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-syscfg.c. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's repository.
External links
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/31028812724cef7bd57a51525ce58a32a6d73b22
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/408c97c4a5e0b634dcd15bf8b8808b382e888164
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b3b4efa2e623aecaebd7c9b9e4171f5c659e9724
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dfe8224c9c7a43d356eb9f74b06868aa05f90223
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed42ee1ed05ff2f4c36938379057413a40c56680