CVE-2025-38014: linux kernel vulnerability

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dmaengine: idxd: Refactor remove call with idxd_cleanup() helper The idxd_cleanup() helper cleans up perfmon, interrupts, internals and so on. Refactor remove call with the idxd_cleanup() helper to avoid code duplication. Note, this also fixes the missing put_device() for idxd groups, enginces and wqs.
CVE-2025-38014CVSS 5.5Linux

CVE-2025-38014: linux kernel vulnerability

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dmaengine: idxd: Refactor remove call with idxd_cleanup() helper The idxd_cleanup() helper cleans up perfmon, interrupts, internals and so on. Refactor remove call with the idxd_cleanup() helper to avoid code duplication. Note, this also fixes the missing put_device() for idxd groups, enginces and wqs.

CVSS
5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS
5.24%
Known exploited
not in KEV
Product
linux kernel

What is known

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dmaengine: idxd: Refactor remove call with idxd_cleanup() helper The idxd_cleanup() helper cleans up perfmon, interrupts, internals and so on. Refactor remove call with the idxd_cleanup() helper to avoid code duplication. Note, this also fixes the missing put_device() for idxd groups, enginces and wqs.

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