CVE-2025-38641

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel - NULL Pointer Dereference in Bluetooth btusb kmalloc Handling

Title source: llm

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: btusb: Fix potential NULL dereference on kmalloc failure Avoid potential NULL pointer dereference by checking the return value of kmalloc and handling allocation failure properly.

References (2)

Core 2

Core References

Patch

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5029d80bfc30b60ff57c70ccb04e027acb404f6a

Patch

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b505902c66a282dcb01bcdc015aa1fdfaaa075db

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0013

EPSS Percentile 2.7%

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 (8)

linux/Kernel 6.16.0 - 6.16.1linux

Linux/Linux < 6.16

Linux/Linux 6.16

Linux/Linux 6.16.1 - 6.16.*

Linux/Linux 6.17

Linux/Linux 7d70989fcea7f79afe018a7e34d3486406c7a94e - 5029d80bfc30b60ff57c70ccb04e027acb404f6a

Linux/Linux 7d70989fcea7f79afe018a7e34d3486406c7a94e - b505902c66a282dcb01bcdc015aa1fdfaaa075db

linux/linux_kernel 6.16

Published Aug 22, 2025

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026