{"cve":"CVE-2025-38298","nvd":{"published":"2025-07-10T08:15:28.500","modified":"2026-06-17T09:16:34.443","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nEDAC/skx_common: Fix general protection fault\n\nAfter loading i10nm_edac (which automatically loads skx_edac_common), if\nunload only i10nm_edac, then reload it and perform error injection testing,\na general protection fault may occur:\n\n  mce: [Hardware Error]: Machine check events logged\n  Oops: general protection fault ...\n  ...\n  Workqueue: events mce_gen_pool_process\n  RIP: 0010:string+0x53/0xe0\n  ...\n  Call Trace:\n  <TASK>\n  ? die_addr+0x37/0x90\n  ? exc_general_protection+0x1e7/0x3f0\n  ? asm_exc_general_protection+0x26/0x30\n  ? string+0x53/0xe0\n  vsnprintf+0x23e/0x4c0\n  snprintf+0x4d/0x70\n  skx_adxl_decode+0x16a/0x330 [skx_edac_common]\n  skx_mce_check_error.part.0+0xf8/0x220 [skx_edac_common]\n  skx_mce_check_error+0x17/0x20 [skx_edac_common]\n  ...\n\nThe issue arose was because the variable 'adxl_component_count' (inside\nskx_edac_common), which counts the ADXL components, was not reset. During\nthe reloading of i10nm_edac, the count was incremented by the actual number\nof ADXL components again, resulting in a count that was double the real\nnumber of ADXL components. This led to an out-of-bounds reference to the\nADXL component array, causing the general protection fault above.\n\nFix this issue by resetting the 'adxl_component_count' in adxl_put(),\nwhich is called during the unloading of {skx,i10nm}_edac.","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-787"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/20d2d476b3ae18041be423671a8637ed5ffd6958","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/31ef6f7c9aee3be78d63789653e92350f2537f93","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f5d0659000923735350da60ad710f8c804544fe","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/80bf28fd623d97dd4f4825fbbe9d736cec2afba3","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a13e8343ffcff27af1ff79597ff7ba241e6d9471"],"products":["debian:debian_linux","linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:04:28.436527499+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-38298","score":0.00229,"percentile":0.13728,"date":"2026-10-31"},"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."]}