{"cve":"CVE-2025-38212","nvd":{"published":"2025-07-04T14:15:29.473","modified":"2026-10-15T22:18:35.450","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nipc: fix to protect IPCS lookups using RCU\n\nsyzbot reported that it discovered a use-after-free vulnerability, [0]\n\n[0]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/67af13f8.050a0220.21dd3.0038.GAE@google.com/\n\nidr_for_each() is protected by rwsem, but this is not enough.  If it is\nnot protected by RCU read-critical region, when idr_for_each() calls\nradix_tree_node_free() through call_rcu() to free the radix_tree_node\nstructure, the node will be freed immediately, and when reading the next\nnode in radix_tree_for_each_slot(), the already freed memory may be read.\n\nTherefore, we need to add code to make sure that idr_for_each() is\nprotected within the RCU read-critical region when we call it in\nshm_destroy_orphaned().","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-416"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5180561afff8e0f029073c8c8117c95c6512d1f9","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f1e1573bf103303944fd7225559de5d8297539c","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/68c173ea138b66d7dd1fd980c9bc578a18e11884","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/74bc813d11c30e28fc5261dc877cca662ccfac68","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/78297d53d3878d43c1d627d20cd09f611fa4b91d"],"products":["debian:debian_linux","linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:04:28.436527499+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-38212","score":0.00198,"percentile":0.09504,"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."]}