{"cve":"CVE-2025-38456","nvd":{"published":"2025-07-25T16:15:31.283","modified":"2026-07-30T06:23:15.347","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nipmi:msghandler: Fix potential memory corruption in ipmi_create_user()\n\nThe \"intf\" list iterator is an invalid pointer if the correct\n\"intf->intf_num\" is not found.  Calling atomic_dec(&intf->nr_users) on\nand invalid pointer will lead to memory corruption.\n\nWe don't really need to call atomic_dec() if we haven't called\natomic_add_return() so update the if (intf->in_shutdown) path as well.","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/7c1a6ddb99858e7d68961f74ae27caeeeca67b6a","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9e0d33e75c1604c3fad5586ad4dfa3b2695a3950","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cbc1670297f675854e982d23c8583900ff0cc67a","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e2d5c005dfc96fe857676d1d8ac46b29275cb89b","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fa332f5dc6fc662ad7d3200048772c96b861cf6b"],"products":["debian:debian_linux","linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:05:46.678065081+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-38456","score":0.0019,"percentile":0.08655,"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."]}