CVE-2025-38456 (GCVE-0-2025-38456)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-07-25 15:27 – Updated: 2026-08-05 12:02
VLAI
Title
ipmi:msghandler: Fix potential memory corruption in ipmi_create_user()
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipmi:msghandler: Fix potential memory corruption in ipmi_create_user() The "intf" list iterator is an invalid pointer if the correct "intf->intf_num" is not found. Calling atomic_dec(&intf->nr_users) on and invalid pointer will lead to memory corruption. We don't really need to call atomic_dec() if we haven't called atomic_add_return() so update the if (intf->in_shutdown) path as well.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: 8e76741c3d8b20dfa2d6c30fa10ff927cfd93d82 , < cbc1670297f675854e982d23c8583900ff0cc67a (git)
Affected: 8e76741c3d8b20dfa2d6c30fa10ff927cfd93d82 , < e2d5c005dfc96fe857676d1d8ac46b29275cb89b (git)
Affected: 8e76741c3d8b20dfa2d6c30fa10ff927cfd93d82 , < 9e0d33e75c1604c3fad5586ad4dfa3b2695a3950 (git)
Affected: 8e76741c3d8b20dfa2d6c30fa10ff927cfd93d82 , < 7c1a6ddb99858e7d68961f74ae27caeeeca67b6a (git)
Affected: 8e76741c3d8b20dfa2d6c30fa10ff927cfd93d82 , < fa332f5dc6fc662ad7d3200048772c96b861cf6b (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 5.19
Unaffected: 0 , < 5.19 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.1.146 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.6.99 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.39 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.15.7 , ≤ 6.15.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.16 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
  • Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.


Detection rules are retrieved from Rulezet.


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