CVE-2025-38227
CVE-2025-38227CVE-2025-38227
linux / linux_kernel
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
media: vidtv: Terminating the subsequent process of initialization failure
syzbot reported a slab-use-after-free Read in vidtv_mux_init. [1]
After PSI initialization fails, the si member is accessed again, resulting
in this uaf.
After si initialization fails, the subsequent process needs to be exited.
[1]
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in vidtv_mux_pid_ctx_init drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_mux.c:78 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in vidtv_mux_init+0xac2/0xbe0 drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_mux.c:524
Read of size 8 at addr ffff88802fa42acc by task syz.2.37/6059
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 6059 Comm: syz.2.37 Not tainted 6.14.0-rc5-syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 02/12/2025
Call Trace:
<TASK>
__dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:94 [inline]
dump_stack_lvl+0x116/0x1f0 lib/dump_stack.c:120
print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:408 [inline]
print_report+0xc3/0x670 mm/ka
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.8 () |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| Last modified | 2026-07-30 |