CVE-2025-38137

HIGH

Linux Kernel 6.11-6.15.2 - Use-After-Free in PCI Power Control Rescan Work

Title source: llm

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: PCI/pwrctrl: Cancel outstanding rescan work when unregistering It's possible to trigger use-after-free here by: (a) forcing rescan_work_func() to take a long time and (b) utilizing a pwrctrl driver that may be unloaded for some reason Cancel outstanding work to ensure it is finished before we allow our data structures to be cleaned up. [bhelgaas: tidy commit log]

References (2)

Core 2

Core References

Patch

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b3ad6d23fec23fbef382ce9ea640c37446593cf5

Patch

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8b926f237743f020518162c62b93cb7107a2b5eb

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8

EPSS 0.0015

EPSS Percentile 4.9%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE

CWE-416

Status published

Products (9)

linux/Kernel 6.11.0 - 6.15.3linux

Linux/Linux < 6.11

Linux/Linux 6.11

Linux/Linux 6.15.3 - 6.15.*

Linux/Linux 6.16

Linux/Linux 8f62819aaace77dd85037ae766eb767f8c4417ce - 8b926f237743f020518162c62b93cb7107a2b5eb

Linux/Linux 8f62819aaace77dd85037ae766eb767f8c4417ce - b3ad6d23fec23fbef382ce9ea640c37446593cf5

linux/linux_kernel 6.11 (2 CPE variants)

linux/linux_kernel 6.11.1 - 6.15.3

Published Jul 03, 2025

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026