CVE-2025-38536

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
16/08/2025
Last modified:
18/08/2025

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:<br /> <br /> net: airoha: fix potential use-after-free in airoha_npu_get()<br /> <br /> np-&gt;name was being used after calling of_node_put(np), which<br /> releases the node and can lead to a use-after-free bug.<br /> Previously, of_node_put(np) was called unconditionally after<br /> of_find_device_by_node(np), which could result in a use-after-free if<br /> pdev is NULL.<br /> <br /> This patch moves of_node_put(np) after the error check to ensure<br /> the node is only released after both the error and success cases<br /> are handled appropriately, preventing potential resource issues.

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