CVE-2025-38368

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel - NULL Pointer Dereference in tps6594-pfsm Probe Function

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: misc: tps6594-pfsm: Add NULL pointer check in tps6594_pfsm_probe() The returned value, pfsm->miscdev.name, from devm_kasprintf() could be NULL. A pointer check is added to prevent potential NULL pointer dereference. This is similar to the fix in commit 3027e7b15b02 ("ice: Fix some null pointer dereference issues in ice_ptp.c"). This issue is found by our static analysis tool.

References (4)

Core 4

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0014
EPSS Percentile 3.8%
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 (14)
linux/Kernel 6.13.0 - 6.15.5linux
linux/Kernel 6.5.0 - 6.6.96linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.12.36linux
Linux/Linux < 6.5
Linux/Linux 6.12.36 - 6.12.*
Linux/Linux 6.15.5 - 6.15.*
Linux/Linux 6.16
Linux/Linux 6.5
Linux/Linux 6.6.96 - 6.6.*
Linux/Linux a0df3ef087f8aaebbdf205b1b2e126ec9ef6b113 - a10c8bff454b11ef553d9df19ee722d2df34cd0e
... and 4 more
Published Jul 25, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026