CVE-2025-38014 addresses a vulnerability in the Linux kernel related to the dmaengine's idxd module. Specifically, it involves a refactoring of the remove call using the idxd_cleanup() helper, which also resolves a missing put_device() call for idxd groups, engines, and work queues. This vulnerability is rated Medium severity (CVSS 5.5) with a local attack vector and low attack complexity, potentially leading to high availability impact. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or KEV listing. However, it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the security community.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 5.6, < 6.6.92CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 6.7, < 6.12.30CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 6.13, < 6.14.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.15CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.15:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.15CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.15:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
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