CVE-2025-38535
What it is
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: phy: tegra: xusb: Fix unbalanced regulator disable in UTMI PHY mode When transitioning from USB_ROLE_DEVICE to USB_ROLE_NONE, the code assumed that the regulator should be disabled. However, if the regulator is marked as always-on, regulator_is_enabled() continues to return true, leading to an incorrect attempt to disable a regulator which is not enabled. This can result in warnings such as: [ 250.155624] WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 7326 at drivers/regulator/core.c:3004 _regulator_disable+0xe4/0x1a0 [ 250.155652] unbalanced disables for VIN_SYS_5V0 To fix this, we move the regulator control logic into tegra186_xusb_padctl_id_override() function since it's directly related to the ID override state. The regulator is now only disabled when the role transitions from USB_ROLE_HOST to USB_ROLE_NONE, by checking the VBUS_ID register. This ensures that regulator enable/disable operations are properly balanced and only occur when actually transitioning to/from host mode.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited locally on the machine with a low-privilege account. High risk of data exposure, data tampering, service disruption.
- Exploit odds
- 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 0.2% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 7.8 HIGH (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.2% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Record status
- Analyzed
Affected
- Linux Kernel < 5.10.241
- Linux Kernel < 5.15.190
- Linux Kernel < 6.1.147
- Linux Kernel < 6.6.100
- Linux Kernel < 6.12.40
- Linux Kernel < 6.15.8
- Linux Kernel 6.16
- Debian Linux 11.0
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 7.8
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Fix and advisories
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1bb85b5c2bd43b687c3d54eb6328917f90dd38fc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5367cdeb75cb6c687ca468450bceb2602ab239d8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cdcb0ffd6448f6be898956913a42bd08e59fb2ae
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ceb645ac6ce052609ee5c8f819a80e8881789b04
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cefc1caee9dd06c69e2d807edc5949b329f52b22
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eaa420339658615d26c1cc95cd6cf720b9aebfca
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec7f98ff05f0649af0adeb4808c7ba23d6111ef9
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1bb85b5c2bd43b687c3d54eb6328917f90dd38fc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5367cdeb75cb6c687ca468450bceb2602ab239d8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cdcb0ffd6448f6be898956913a42bd08e59fb2ae
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ceb645ac6ce052609ee5c8f819a80e8881789b04
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cefc1caee9dd06c69e2d807edc5949b329f52b22
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eaa420339658615d26c1cc95cd6cf720b9aebfca
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec7f98ff05f0649af0adeb4808c7ba23d6111ef9
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html