CVE-2025-38541

MEDIUM EPSS 3.3%
Published Aug 16, 202510mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
5.5 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Aug 16, 2025 10mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mt76: mt7925: Fix null-ptr-deref in mt7925_thermal_init() devm_kasprintf() returns NULL on error. Currently, mt7925_thermal_init() does not check for this case, which results in a NULL pointer dereference. Add NULL check after devm_kasprintf() to prevent this issue.

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
3.3% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference Memory Safety

Affected Products 7

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.9  –  <6.12.39
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.13  –  <6.15.7
linuxlinux_kernel6.16any
linuxlinux_kernel6.16any
linuxlinux_kernel6.16any
linuxlinux_kernel6.16any
linuxlinux_kernel6.16any

References 3

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/03ee8f73801a8f46d83dfc2bf73fb9ffa5a21602
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1bbdf4213711bb6dc365e7628430a63dd3280794
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e99e9b34ece0b6d3e82cb757e9f60fa414da999
    Patch

Remediation

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/03ee8f73801a8f46d83dfc2bf73fb9ffa5a21602
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1bbdf4213711bb6dc365e7628430a63dd3280794
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e99e9b34ece0b6d3e82cb757e9f60fa414da999
    Patch