CVE-2025-38368
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-476
NULL Pointer Dereference
Publication date:
25/07/2025
Last modified:
19/11/2025
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:<br />
<br />
misc: tps6594-pfsm: Add NULL pointer check in tps6594_pfsm_probe()<br />
<br />
The returned value, pfsm->miscdev.name, from devm_kasprintf()<br />
could be NULL.<br />
A pointer check is added to prevent potential NULL pointer dereference.<br />
This is similar to the fix in commit 3027e7b15b02<br />
("ice: Fix some null pointer dereference issues in ice_ptp.c").<br />
<br />
This issue is found by our static analysis tool.
Impact
Base Score 3.x
5.50
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.5 (including) | 6.6.96 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.7 (including) | 6.12.36 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.13 (including) | 6.15.5 (excluding) |
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