TI-2025-25478 Aliases CVE-2025-38137 GHSA-pc54-rc55-gh88

PCI/pwrctrl: Cancel outstanding rescan work when unregistering

LOW 34CWE-416Published 2025-07-03 · Updated 2026-10-21

Key facts

Attack vector: Local
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-416 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

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]

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00234 14th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Fixed Linux (Linux): 6.12.114, 6.15.3, 6.16Red Hat: 1 advisory

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
Linux	Linux	6.11 and later	6.12.114, 6.15.3, 6.16	Patch available	CNA

Linux VendorLinux Affected 6.11 and later Fixed in 6.12.114, 6.15.3, 6.16 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	6.11.1 to before 6.15.3	Vulnerable	Linux
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.11:-::::::	6.11	Vulnerable	Linux
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.11:rc7::::::	6.11 rc7	Vulnerable	Linux

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.11.1 to before 6.15.3 Vulnerable ·Linux
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.11:-:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.11 Vulnerable ·Linux
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.11:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.11 rc7 Vulnerable ·Linux

Remediation

Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.12.114, 6.15.3, 6.16

Red Hat 1 advisory

RHSA-2025:13598 Released 2025-08-11 · Red Hat rating Moderate
kernel security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10) kernel-64k-debug-devel-6.12.0-55.27.1.el10_0, kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched-6.12.0-55.27.1.el10_0, kernel-64k-devel-6.12.0-55.27.1.el10_0 +12
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10) kernel-6.12.0-55.27.1.el10_0, kernel-64k-6.12.0-55.27.1.el10_0, kernel-64k-core-6.12.0-55.27.1.el10_0 +28
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 10) kernel-tools-libs-devel-6.12.0-55.27.1.el10_0, libperf-6.12.0-55.27.1.el10_0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time (v. 10) kernel-rt-6.12.0-55.27.1.el10_0, kernel-rt-64k-6.12.0-55.27.1.el10_0, kernel-rt-64k-core-6.12.0-55.27.1.el10_0 +21
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV (v. 10) kernel-rt-6.12.0-55.27.1.el10_0, kernel-rt-core-6.12.0-55.27.1.el10_0, kernel-rt-debug-6.12.0-55.27.1.el10_0 +11

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Product	Status	Plan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)	Fixed	RHSA-2025:13598
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10)	Fixed	RHSA-2025:13598
Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 10)	Fixed	RHSA-2025:13598
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time (v. 10)	Fixed	RHSA-2025:13598
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV (v. 10)	Fixed	RHSA-2025:13598

Not affected: 4 products

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-38137
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-pc54-rc55-gh88
2026-10-21 Fix available: Linux/[email protected], Linux/Linux@a63ed775f476ba81558bba24d7538836e1ffb823 · CNA
2026-10-21 1 new reference · CNA

References

Patch 2

Other 1

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a63ed775f476ba81558bba24d7538836e1ffb823

TI-2025-26358 tls: fix handling of zero-length records on the rx_list KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2026-38352 netfilter: bridge: make ebt_snat ARP rewrite writable KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2013-05264 The (1) get_user and (2) put_user API functions in the Linux kernel before 3.5.5 on the… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2022-00125 Integer overflow in kernel KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
TI-2013-01864 The perf_swevent_init function in kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.9… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
TI-2021-05514 Heap Out-Of-Bounds Write in Netfilter IP6T_SO_SET_REPLACE KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.3

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Sources

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