CVE-2025-38175 [High] | Use-After-Free in Linux Kernel

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: binder: fix yet another UAF in binder_devices Commit e77aff5528a18 ("binderfs: fix use-after-free in binder_devices") addressed a use-after-free where devices could be released without first being removed from the binder_devices list. However, there is a similar path in binder_free_proc() that was missed: ================================================================== BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in binder_remove_device+0xd4/0x100 Write of size 8 at addr ffff0000c773b900 by task umount/467 CPU: 12 UID: 0 PID: 467 Comm: umount Not tainted 6.15.0-rc7-00138-g57483a362741 #9 PREEMPT Hardware name: linux,dummy-virt (DT) Call trace: binder_remove_device+0xd4/0x100 binderfs_evict_inode+0x230/0x2f0 evict+0x25c/0x5dc iput+0x304/0x480 dentry_unlink_inode+0x208/0x46c __dentry_kill+0x154/0x530 [...] Allocated by task 463: __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x13c/0x324 binderfs_binder_device_create.isra.0+0x138/0xa60 binder_ctl_ioctl+0x1ac/0x230 [...] Freed by task 215: kfree+0x184/0x31c binder_proc_dec_tmpref+0x33c/0x4ac binder_deferred_func+0xc10/0x1108 process_one_work+0x520/0xba4 [...] ================================================================== Call binder_remove_device() within binder_free_proc() to ensure the device is removed from the binder_devices list before being kfreed.

#	Date	Old EPSS score	New EPSS score	Delta (New - Old)
1	2026-04-30	0.02%	0.05%	+0.03%
2	2025-07-04	—	0.02%	—

Date

Old EPSS score

New EPSS score

Delta (New - Old)

2026-04-30

0.02%

0.05%

+0.03%

2025-07-04

—

0.02%

—

Base score	Version	Severity	Vector	Exploitability	Impact	Score source
7.8	3.1	HIGH	`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H` Click to expand Attack vector (AV:L) They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by. Attack complexity (AC:L) Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup. Privileges required (PR:L) A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin. User interaction (UI:N) Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping. Scope (S:U) Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems. Confidentiality (C:H) Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way. Integrity (I:H) They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt. Availability (A:H) Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.	1.8	5.9	[email protected]

Base score

Version

Severity

Vector

Exploitability

Impact

Score source

7.8

3.1

HIGH

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

Attack vector (AV:L): They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L): Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L): A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N): Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U): Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H): Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H): They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H): Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.

1.8

5.9

[email protected]

OS Trackers for CVE-2025-38175

vendor	priority	summary	link
`debian`	unimportant	CVE-2025-38175 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (linux), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5.	https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-38175
`redhat`	—	—	https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-38175
`suse`	medium	CVE-2025-38175 severity moderate: SUSE including 26 source package names (cluster-md-kmp-default, dlm-kmp-default, …), 281 product×package rows across 55 product lines (SLES-LTSS-TERADATA 15 SP2, SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP7, … (55 product lines)): Known Not Affected 281.	https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-38175/
`ubuntu`	medium	CVE-2025-38175 medium priority: Ubuntu including 158 source packages (linux, linux-allwinner-5.19, …), 1551 status rows across 10 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 1145, ignored 152, not-affected 146, released 106, needs-triage 2.	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-38175

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-38175

Vendor	Product	Version	Raw CPE
linux	linux_kernel	>= 6.14, < 6.14.11	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
linux	linux_kernel	>= 6.15, < 6.15.2	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::

References for CVE-2025-38175

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4a7694f499cae5b83412c5281bf2c961f34f2ed6	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/72a726fb5f25fbb31d6060acfb671c1955831245	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9857af0fcff385c75433f2162c30c62eb912ef6d	Patch

URL

CVE-2025-38175 | binder: fix yet another UAF in binder_devices

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-38175

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-38175

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-38175

OS Trackers for CVE-2025-38175

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-38175

References for CVE-2025-38175