CVE-2025-38281

MEDIUM EPSS 3.5%
Published Jul 10, 202511mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
5.5 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Jul 10, 2025 11mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mt76: mt7996: Add NULL check in mt7996_thermal_init devm_kasprintf() can return a NULL pointer on failure,but this returned value in mt7996_thermal_init() is not checked. Add NULL check in mt7996_thermal_init(), to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference error.

CVSS Details

Base Score
5.5
Exploitability
1.8
Impact
3.6
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity None
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
3.5% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference Memory Safety

Affected Products 1

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.14  –  <6.15.3

References 2

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8340cb173750c1ea99cd643006b72f8b0e6c21f2
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/caf4b347c5dc40fdd125793b5e82ba9fc4de5275
    Patch

Remediation

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8340cb173750c1ea99cd643006b72f8b0e6c21f2
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/caf4b347c5dc40fdd125793b5e82ba9fc4de5275
    Patch