CVE-2025-38641

MEDIUM EPSS 2.8%
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: Bluetooth: btusb: Fix potential NULL dereference on kmalloc failure Avoid potential NULL pointer dereference by checking the return value of kmalloc and handling allocation failure properly.

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
2.8% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference Memory Safety

Affected Products 1

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel6.16any

References 2

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5029d80bfc30b60ff57c70ccb04e027acb404f6a
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b505902c66a282dcb01bcdc015aa1fdfaaa075db
    Patch

Remediation

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5029d80bfc30b60ff57c70ccb04e027acb404f6a
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b505902c66a282dcb01bcdc015aa1fdfaaa075db
    Patch