TI-2025-25869 Aliases CVE-2025-38531 GHSA-f266-g682-96xf

iio: common: st_sensors: Fix use of uninitialize device structs

LOW 24CWE-908Published 2025-08-16 · Updated 2026-10-30

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-908 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

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]

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00177 7th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Fixed Linux (Linux): 6.1.191, 6.6.136, 6.12.40 +2

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	5.16 and later	6.1.191, 6.6.136, 6.12.40, 6.15.8, 6.16	Patch available	CNA

Linux VendorLinux Affected 5.16 and later Fixed in 6.1.191, 6.6.136, 6.12.40, 6.15.8, 6.16 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 7

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	before 6.12.40; 6.13 to before 6.15.8	Vulnerable	Linux
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc1::::::	6.16 rc1	Vulnerable	Linux
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc2::::::	6.16 rc2	Vulnerable	Linux
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc3::::::	6.16 rc3	Vulnerable	Linux
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc4::::::	6.16 rc4	Vulnerable	Linux
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc5::::::	6.16 rc5	Vulnerable	Linux
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc6::::::	6.16 rc6	Vulnerable	Linux

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 6.12.40; 6.13 to before 6.15.8 Vulnerable ·Linux
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.16 rc1 Vulnerable ·Linux
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.16 rc2 Vulnerable ·Linux
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.16 rc3 Vulnerable ·Linux
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.16 rc4 Vulnerable ·Linux
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.16 rc5 Vulnerable ·Linux
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.16 rc6 Vulnerable ·Linux

Remediation

Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.1.191, 6.6.136, 6.12.40, 6.15.8, 6.16

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 5 products

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
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-2025-38531
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-f266-g682-96xf
2026-10-30 Fix available: Linux/Linux@1f88548ec8ade8538eb970e36ffe5049b89d86f7, Linux/[email protected] · CNA
2026-10-30 1 new reference · CNA

References

Patch 3

Other 2

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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