{"cve":"CVE-2025-38069","nvd":{"published":"2025-06-18T10:15:40.090","modified":"2026-10-21T13:18:08.600","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nPCI: endpoint: pci-epf-test: Fix double free that causes kernel to oops\n\nFix a kernel oops found while testing the stm32_pcie Endpoint driver\nwith handling of PERST# deassertion:\n\nDuring EP initialization, pci_epf_test_alloc_space() allocates all BARs,\nwhich are further freed if epc_set_bar() fails (for instance, due to no\nfree inbound window).\n\nHowever, when pci_epc_set_bar() fails, the error path:\n\n  pci_epc_set_bar() ->\n    pci_epf_free_space()\n\ndoes not clear the previous assignment to epf_test->reg[bar].\n\nThen, if the host reboots, the PERST# deassertion restarts the BAR\nallocation sequence with the same allocation failure (no free inbound\nwindow), creating a double free situation since epf_test->reg[bar] was\ndeallocated and is still non-NULL.\n\nThus, make sure that pci_epf_alloc_space() and pci_epf_free_space()\ninvocations are symmetric, and as such, set epf_test->reg[bar] to NULL\nwhen memory is freed.\n\n[kwilczynski: commit log]","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":["CWE-415"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/761db4ca3a469f2070757acd4e104dff5125ca99","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8b83893d1f6c6061a7d58169ecdf9d5ee9f306ee","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/934e9d137d937706004c325fa1474f9e3f1ba10a","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fe2329eff5bee461ebcafadb6ca1df0cbf5945fd"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-22T16:41:11.231219466+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-38069","score":0.00231,"percentile":0.13781,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}