Linux Kernel up to 6.12.22/6.13.10/6.14.1 fsl-edma state issue

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A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Linux Kernel up to 6.12.22/6.13.10/6.14.1. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component fsl-edma. The manipulation results in state issue. This vulnerability was named CVE-2025-38479. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.12.22/6.13.10/6.14.1. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown functionality of the component fsl-edma. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a state issue vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-371. The impact remains unknown. CVE summarizes:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dmaengine: fsl-edma: free irq correctly in remove path Add fsl_edma->txirq/errirq check to avoid below warning because no errirq at i.MX9 platform. Otherwise there will be kernel dump: WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 11 at kernel/irq/devres.c:144 devm_free_irq+0x74/0x80 Modules linked in: CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 11 Comm: kworker/u8:0 Not tainted 6.12.0-rc7#18 Hardware name: NXP i.MX93 11X11 EVK board (DT) Workqueue: events_unbound deferred_probe_work_func pstate: 60400009 (nZCv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) pc : devm_free_irq+0x74/0x80 lr : devm_free_irq+0x48/0x80 Call trace: devm_free_irq+0x74/0x80 (P) devm_free_irq+0x48/0x80 (L) fsl_edma_remove+0xc4/0xc8 platform_remove+0x28/0x44 device_remove+0x4c/0x80

The advisory is shared for download at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-38479 since 04/16/2025. The exploitability is told to be difficult. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 02/16/2026).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 240657 (Ubuntu 25.04 : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-7594-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 6.12.23, 6.13.11, 6.14.2 or 6.15-rc1 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 55e2dbe2ba787d4fc2306f6bb2f43fb32176e184/38ff8769074db27387cb2323aaa751e59d168e6a/f3834d2d68749e4760c27325149765930ad876fd/fa70c4c3c580c239a0f9e83a14770ab026e8d820 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.kernel.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (240657) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-0861). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Affected

• Debian Linux
• Google Cloud Platform
• Amazon Linux 2
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Ubuntu Linux
• SUSE Linux
• Oracle Linux
• SUSE openSUSE
• RESF Rocky Linux
• Open Source Linux Kernel
• SolarWinds Security Event Manager
• Dell Secure Connect Gateway

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 6.12.0
• 6.12.1
• 6.12.2
• 6.12.3
• 6.12.4
• 6.12.5
• 6.12.6
• 6.12.7
• 6.12.8
• 6.12.9
• 6.12.10
• 6.12.11
• 6.12.12
• 6.12.13
• 6.12.14
• 6.12.15
• 6.12.16
• 6.12.17
• 6.12.18
• 6.12.19
• 6.12.20
• 6.12.21
• 6.12.22
• 6.13.0
• 6.13.1
• 6.13.2
• 6.13.3
• 6.13.4
• 6.13.5
• 6.13.6
• 6.13.7
• 6.13.8
• 6.13.9
• 6.13.10
• 6.14.0
• 6.14.1

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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