CVE-2025-38429: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bus: mhi: ep: Update read pointer only after buffer is written Inside mhi_ep_ring_add_element, the read pointer (rd_offset) is updated before the buffer is written, potentially causing race conditions where the host sees an updated read pointer before the buffer is actually written. Updating rd_offset prematurely can lead to the host accessing an uninitialized or incomplete element, resulting in data corruption. Invoke the buffer write before updating rd_offset to ensure the element is fully written before signaling its availability.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 5.19, before 6.6.95 (fixed in 6.6.95); from 6.7, before 6.12.35 (fixed in 6.12.35); from 6.13, before 6.15.4 (fixed in 6.15.4)

Published 2025-07-25. Last modified 2026-07-30.