CVE-2025-38602

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel < 5.4.297 - NULL Pointer Dereference

Title source: rule

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iwlwifi: Add missing check for alloc_ordered_workqueue Add check for the return value of alloc_ordered_workqueue since it may return NULL pointer.

References (11)

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e9f85ee3b46453a2f250a57d3a9f10c70c71202

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6663c52608d8d8727bf1911e6d9218069ba1c85e

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/70a1b527eaea9430b1bd87de59f3b9f6bd225701

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7dd6350307af6521b6240b295c93b7eec4daebe6

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/90a0d9f339960448a3acc1437a46730f975efd6a

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b398120fbe0acfef60b16f6a0f69902d385d7728

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c0e43c3f6c0a79381b468574c241065998412b7c

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c80832d445653baba5ac80cd2c2637c437ac881b

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ca980f1911a7144d451d1c31298ab8507c6bd88f

[Third Party Advisory] https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html

[Third Party Advisory] https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0002

EPSS Percentile 3.6%

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-252

Status published

Products (10)

debian/debian_linux 11.0

linux/Kernel 2.6.24 - 5.4.297linux

linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.190linux

linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.1.148linux

linux/Kernel 5.5.0 - 5.10.241linux

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_kernel 2.6.24 - 5.4.297

Published Aug 19, 2025

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026