CVE-2025-38531

medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iio: common: st_sensors: Fix use of uninitialize device structs Throughout the various pr…

Vendor / product: Linux — linux kernel

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]

CVSS

5.5

5.5 (CVSS v3.1)

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (nvd@nist.gov)

Timeline (UTC)

Published: 2025-08-16 12:15

Modified: 2026-10-30 13:18

NVD status: Modified

Last synced 1 day ago

Verified against the source API 2026-11-03 07:33 UTC

Exploitation

Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)

Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).

Affected products

linux / linux_kernel <6.12.40, ≥6.13 <6.15.8, 6.16

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-908

Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.

Mitigation & advisories

Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3297a9016a45144883ec990bd4bd5b1d79cafb46

Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/610615c9668037e3eca11132063b93b2d945af13

Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f92e93e257b33e73622640a9205f8642ec16ddd

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f88548ec8ade8538eb970e36ffe5049b89d86f7 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3297a9016a45144883ec990bd4bd5b1d79cafb46 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/610615c9668037e3eca11132063b93b2d945af13 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f92e93e257b33e73622640a9205f8642ec16ddd 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f9d4b618f1b9e6d760cc7c15052b92f7faf47201 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Data sources

NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-11-03 07:33 UTC · record ↗

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