CVE-2025-38281

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 6.14-6.15.2 - NULL Pointer Dereference in mt7996_thermal_init

Title source: llm

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.

References (2)

Core 2

Core References

Patch

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8340cb173750c1ea99cd643006b72f8b0e6c21f2

Patch

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/caf4b347c5dc40fdd125793b5e82ba9fc4de5275

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0014

EPSS Percentile 3.4%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE

CWE-476

Status published

Products (8)

linux/Kernel 6.14.0 - 6.15.3linux

Linux/Linux < 6.14

Linux/Linux 6.14

Linux/Linux 6.15.3 - 6.15.*

Linux/Linux 6.16

Linux/Linux 69d54ce7491d046eaae05de7fb2493319a481991 - 8340cb173750c1ea99cd643006b72f8b0e6c21f2

Linux/Linux 69d54ce7491d046eaae05de7fb2493319a481991 - caf4b347c5dc40fdd125793b5e82ba9fc4de5275

linux/linux_kernel 6.14 - 6.15.3

Published Jul 10, 2025

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026