Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 25, 2025· Updated Nov 3, 2025
ipmi:msghandler: Fix potential memory corruption in ipmi_create_user()
CVE-2025-38456
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ipmi:msghandler: Fix potential memory corruption in ipmi_create_user()
The "intf" list iterator is an invalid pointer if the correct "intf->intf_num" is not found. Calling atomic_dec(&intf->nr_users) on and invalid pointer will lead to memory corruption.
We don't really need to call atomic_dec() if we haven't called atomic_add_return() so update the if (intf->in_shutdown) path as well.
Affected products
2- Linux/Linuxv5Range: 5.19
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
5- git.kernel.org/stable/c/7c1a6ddb99858e7d68961f74ae27caeeeca67b6amitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/9e0d33e75c1604c3fad5586ad4dfa3b2695a3950mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/cbc1670297f675854e982d23c8583900ff0cc67amitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/e2d5c005dfc96fe857676d1d8ac46b29275cb89bmitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/fa332f5dc6fc662ad7d3200048772c96b861cf6bmitre
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