CVE-2025-38137

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
03/07/2025
Last modified:
03/07/2025

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:<br /> <br /> PCI/pwrctrl: Cancel outstanding rescan work when unregistering<br /> <br /> It&amp;#39;s possible to trigger use-after-free here by:<br /> <br /> (a) forcing rescan_work_func() to take a long time and<br /> (b) utilizing a pwrctrl driver that may be unloaded for some reason<br /> <br /> Cancel outstanding work to ensure it is finished before we allow our data<br /> structures to be cleaned up.<br /> <br /> [bhelgaas: tidy commit log]

Impact