CVE-2025-38531
kernel: iio: common: st_sensors: Fix use of uninitialize device structs
Severity
UnknownRed Hat Product Security
CVSS
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Published · August 16, 2025
Updated · June 30, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
iio: common: st_sensors: Fix use of uninitialize device structs
Throughout the various probe functions &indio_dev->dev is used before it is initialized. This caused a kernel panic in st_sensors_power_enable() when the call to devm_regulator_bulk_get_enable() fails and then calls dev_err_probe() with the uninitialized device.
This seems to only cause a panic with dev_err_probe(), dev_err(), dev_warn() and dev_info() don't seem to cause a panic, but are fixed as well.
The issue is reported and traced here: [1]
Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CWE not specified