CVE Catalog

CVE-2025-38386

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.17%

7th percentile - higher than 7% of all known CVEs

Summary

In ACPICA, calling a method with fewer arguments than expected leads to use-after-free. The fix makes ACPICA refuse to evaluate the method if arguments are missing.

Risk Assessment

Use-after-free can lead to system crashes or potential arbitrary code execution by an attacker, especially with firmware bugs.

Recommendation

Update the Linux kernel to a version containing this fix to prevent crashes related to AML.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ACPICA: Refuse to evaluate a method if arguments are missing As reported in [1], a platform firmware update that increased the number of method parameters and forgot to update a least one of its callers, caused ACPICA to crash due to use-after-free. Since this a result of a clear AML issue that arguably cannot be fixed up by the interpreter (it cannot produce missing data out of thin air), address it by making ACPICA refuse to evaluate a method if the caller attempts to pass fewer arguments than expected to it.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS