{"cve":"CVE-2025-38408","nvd":{"published":"2025-07-25T14:15:32.440","modified":"2026-10-15T22:18:40.303","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ngenirq/irq_sim: Initialize work context pointers properly\n\nInitialize `ops` member's pointers properly by using kzalloc() instead of\nkmalloc() when allocating the simulation work context. Otherwise the\npointers contain random content leading to invalid dereferencing.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-476"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/186df821de0f34490ed5fc0861243748b2483861","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19bd7597858dd15802c1d99fcc38e528f469080a","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7f73d1def72532bac4d55ea8838f457a6bed955c","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8a2277a3c9e4cc5398f80821afe7ecbe9bdf2819","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c71aa4bb528ae6f8fd7577a0a39e5a03c60b04fb"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:05:46.678065081+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-38408","score":0.00188,"percentile":0.0834,"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."]}