CVE-2025-38629

MEDIUM EPSS 4.0%
Published Aug 22, 202510mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
5.5 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Aug 22, 2025 10mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: usb: scarlett2: Fix missing NULL check scarlett2_input_select_ctl_info() sets up the string arrays allocated via kasprintf(), but it misses NULL checks, which may lead to NULL dereference Oops. Let's add the proper NULL check.

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
4.0% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference Memory Safety

Affected Products 2

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.13  –  <6.15.10
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.16  –  <6.16.1

References 3

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c735fcaee81ad8056960659dc9dc460891e76b0
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d558db85920b124bac36f8a7ddc5de0aa7491bdd
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/df485a4b2b3ee5b35c80f990beb554e38a8a5fb1
    Patch

Remediation

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c735fcaee81ad8056960659dc9dc460891e76b0
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d558db85920b124bac36f8a7ddc5de0aa7491bdd
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/df485a4b2b3ee5b35c80f990beb554e38a8a5fb1
    Patch