Answer in brief
CVE-2025-38531 records a Medium severity (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in iio: common: st_sensors: Fix use of uninitialize device structs. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 5.5. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
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The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed versions |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | >=4dff754876959b3f3b354800089bc8aaa3ec1d95 <1f88548ec8ade8538eb970e36ffe5049b89d86f7 || >=4dff754876959b3f3b354800089bc8aaa3ec1d95 <f9d4b618f1b9e6d760cc7c15052b92f7faf47201 || >=4dff754876959b3f3b354800089bc8aaa3ec1d95 <610615c9668037e3eca11132063b93b2d945af13 || >=4dff754876959b3f3b354800089bc8aaa3ec1d95 <3297a9016a45144883ec990bd4bd5b1d79cafb46 || >=4dff754876959b3f3b354800089bc8aaa3ec1d95 <9f92e93e257b33e73622640a9205f8642ec16ddd | 1f88548ec8ade8538eb970e36ffe5049b89d86f7, f9d4b618f1b9e6d760cc7c15052b92f7faf47201, 610615c9668037e3eca11132063b93b2d945af13, 3297a9016a45144883ec990bd4bd5b1d79cafb46, 9f92e93e257b33e73622640a9205f8642ec16ddd |
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | 5.16 | Not reported |
Published upstream
Aug 16, 2025
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Oct 30, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Oct 30, 2026
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]
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