CVE Catalog

CVE-2025-38536

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.14%

4th percentile - higher than 4% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the airoha driver in the Linux kernel, there is a potential use-after-free in airoha_npu_get() because np->name is used after calling of_node_put(np).

Risk Assessment

Could lead to arbitrary code execution or system crash if an attacker exploits the freed memory.

Recommendation

Apply the Linux kernel patch that moves of_node_put(np) after the error check.

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Original NVD description (English source)

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

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