5.5

CVE-2025-38531: linux Use of Uninitialized Resource

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38531DEBIAN-CVE-2025-38531
Published 16-08-2025Last modified 11-05-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-38531 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Use of Uninitialized Resource vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 5.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.17%
0%100%
Low · +0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 38 · Related 38
OPENSUSE-SU-2025:20081-1SUSE-SU-2025:03272-1SUSE-SU-2025:03290-1SUSE-SU-2025:03301-1SUSE-SU-2025:03382-1SUSE-SU-2025:03602-1

Timeline

  1. 16-08-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iio: common: st_sensors: Fix use of uninitialize device structs Throughout the various probe functions &indio_dev->dev is used before it is initialized. This caused a kernel panic in st_sensors_power_enable() when the call to devm_regulator_bulk_get_enable() fails and then calls dev_err_probe() with the uninitialized device. This seems to only cause a panic with dev_err_probe(), dev_err(), dev_warn() and dev_info() don't seem to cause a panic, but are fixed as well. The issue is reported and traced here: [1]

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.17%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

5%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.01 pp

From 0.16% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.17%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Ubuntu148 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 6.8.0-100.100
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 6.8.0-1046.49
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 4dff754876959b3f3b354800089bc8aaa3ec1d95, < f9d4b618f1b9e6d760cc7c15052b92f7faf47201 | ≥ 4dff754876959b3f3b354800089bc8aaa3ec1d95, < 610615c9668037e3eca11132063b93b2d945af13 | ≥ 4dff754876959b3f3b354800089bc8aaa3ec1d95, < 3297a9016a45144883ec990bd4bd5b1d79cafb46 | ≥ 4dff754876959b3f3b354800089bc8aaa3ec1d95, < 9f92e93e257b33e73622640a9205f8642ec16ddd | 5.16
  • linux_kernel< 6.12.40 | ≥ 6.13, < 6.15.8 | 6.16:rc1 | 6.16:rc2 | 6.16:rc3 | 6.16:rc4 | 6.16:rc5 | 6.16:rc6
Debian1 product
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 6.12.41-1 | < 6.16.3-1

3 vendors · 151 products

References

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