CVE-2025-38583
MEDIUMLinux Kernel 5.12-6.16 - NULL Pointer Dereference in Xilinx VCU Clock Provider
Title source: llmDescription
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: clk: xilinx: vcu: unregister pll_post only if registered correctly If registration of pll_post is failed, it will be set to NULL or ERR, unregistering same will fail with following call trace: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 008 pc : clk_hw_unregister+0xc/0x20 lr : clk_hw_unregister_fixed_factor+0x18/0x30 sp : ffff800011923850 ... Call trace: clk_hw_unregister+0xc/0x20 clk_hw_unregister_fixed_factor+0x18/0x30 xvcu_unregister_clock_provider+0xcc/0xf4 [xlnx_vcu] xvcu_probe+0x2bc/0x53c [xlnx_vcu]
References (8)
Core 8
Core References
Third Party Advisory, Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html
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 (24)
debian/debian_linux
11.0
linux/Kernel
5.12.0 - 5.15.190linux
linux/Kernel
5.16.0 - 6.1.148linux
linux/Kernel
6.13.0 - 6.15.10linux
linux/Kernel
6.16.0 - 6.16.1linux
linux/Kernel
6.2.0 - 6.6.102linux
linux/Kernel
6.7.0 - 6.12.42linux
Linux/Linux
< 5.12
Linux/Linux
4472e1849db7f719bbf625890096e0269b5849fe - 3b0abc443ac22f7d4f61ddbbbbc5dbb06c87139d
Linux/Linux
4472e1849db7f719bbf625890096e0269b5849fe - 51990eecf22f446550befdfd1a9f54147eafd636
... and 14 more
Published
Aug 19, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026