{"cve":"CVE-2025-38656","nvd":{"published":"2025-08-22T16:15:40.633","modified":"2026-10-21T13:18:12.740","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: iwlwifi: Fix error code in iwl_op_mode_dvm_start()\n\nPreserve the error code if iwl_setup_deferred_work() fails.  The current\ncode returns ERR_PTR(0) (which is NULL) on this path.  I believe the\nmissing error code potentially leads to a use after free involving\ndebugfs.","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/1d068272c21d886d06526454b68368100ba0a720","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5c432da1ee191e9f7830dd516456706063d7bec3","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/991e2066f6009d3cb898413058c62dbcc92bd6d2","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cf80c02a9fdb6c5bc8508beb6a0f6a1294fc32f6","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f95598a133a905fd937354ad902773d05593b8b9"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-22T16:41:11.231219466+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-38656","score":0.00208,"percentile":0.1079,"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."]}