Double Free Affecting kernel-core package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.02% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS9-KERNELCORE-10641057
  • published6 Jul 2025
  • disclosed4 Jul 2025

Introduced: 4 Jul 2025

CVE-2025-38206  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-415  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:9 kernel-core.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-core package and not the kernel-core package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

exfat: fix double free in delayed_free

The double free could happen in the following path.

exfat_create_upcase_table() exfat_create_upcase_table() : return error exfat_free_upcase_table() : free ->vol_utbl exfat_load_default_upcase_table : return error exfat_kill_sb() delayed_free() exfat_free_upcase_table() <--------- double free This patch set ->vol_util as NULL after freeing it.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1