CVE-2025-38536 Information

Description

In the Linux kernel the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: airoha: fix potential use-after-free in airoha_npu_get()

np->name was being used after calling of_node_put(np) which releases the node and can lead to a use-after-free bug. Previously of_node_put(np) was called unconditionally after of_find_device_by_node(np) which could result in a use-after-free if pdev is NULL.

This patch moves of_node_put(np) after the error check to ensure the node is only released after both the error and success cases are handled appropriately preventing potential resource issues.

Reference

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3cd582e7d0787506990ef0180405eb6224fa90a6 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/df6bf96b41e547e350667bc4c143be53646d070d

CNNVD-202508-1955 (Published: 2025-08-16)

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