CVE-2025-38543

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 5.17-6.1.146, 6.2-6.6.99, 6.7-6.12.39, 6.13-6.15.7 - NULL Pointer Dereference in nvdec DMA Allocation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/tegra: nvdec: Fix dma_alloc_coherent error check Check for NULL return value with dma_alloc_coherent, in line with Robin's fix for vic.c in 'drm/tegra: vic: Fix DMA API misuse'.

References (6)

Core 6

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0003
EPSS Percentile 7.7%
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 (19)
debian/debian_linux 11.0
linux/Kernel 5.17.0 - 6.1.146linux
linux/Kernel 6.13.0 - 6.15.7linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.6.99linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.12.39linux
Linux/Linux < 5.17
Linux/Linux 46f226c93d35b936aeec6eb31da932dc2e86f413 - 2e0812eedccd0629d73c9d0b1184a5db055df1da
Linux/Linux 46f226c93d35b936aeec6eb31da932dc2e86f413 - 44306a684cd1699b8562a54945ddc43e2abc9eab
Linux/Linux 46f226c93d35b936aeec6eb31da932dc2e86f413 - 61b8d20962d00b7df117011c52f97cbb9c76a669
Linux/Linux 46f226c93d35b936aeec6eb31da932dc2e86f413 - a560de522374af931fa994d161db3667b0bb2545
... and 9 more
Published Aug 16, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026