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fkie_cve-2025-38541

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd

Published

2025-08-16 12:15

Modified

2025-08-18 20:16

Severity ?

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mt76: mt7925: Fix null-ptr-deref in mt7925_thermal_init() devm_kasprintf() returns NULL on error. Currently, mt7925_thermal_init() does not check for this case, which results in a NULL pointer dereference. Add NULL check after devm_kasprintf() to prevent this issue.

References

▼	URL	Tags
	416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/03ee8f73801a8f46d83dfc2bf73fb9ffa5a21602
	416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1bbdf4213711bb6dc365e7628430a63dd3280794
	416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e99e9b34ece0b6d3e82cb757e9f60fa414da999

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version

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{
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  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: mt76: mt7925: Fix null-ptr-deref in mt7925_thermal_init()\n\ndevm_kasprintf() returns NULL on error. Currently, mt7925_thermal_init()\ndoes not check for this case, which results in a NULL pointer\ndereference.\n\nAdd NULL check after devm_kasprintf() to prevent this issue."
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "value": "En el kernel de Linux, se ha resuelto la siguiente vulnerabilidad: wifi: mt76: mt7925: Se ha corregido la correcci\u00f3n de null-ptr-deref en mt7925_thermal_init(). Devm_kasprintf() devuelve NULL en caso de error. Actualmente, mt7925_thermal_init() no comprueba este caso, lo que resulta en una desreferencia de puntero NULL. A\u00f1ada la comprobaci\u00f3n de NULL despu\u00e9s de devm_kasprintf() para evitar este problema."
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2025-38541",
  "lastModified": "2025-08-18T20:16:28.750",
  "metrics": {},
  "published": "2025-08-16T12:15:29.957",
  "references": [
    {
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    },
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    }
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  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "vulnStatus": "Awaiting Analysis"
}

CVE-2025-38541 (GCVE-0-2025-38541)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2025-08-16 11:22

Modified

2025-08-16 11:22

Severity ?

Summary

References

▼	URL	Tags
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1bbdf4213711bb6dc365e7628430a63dd3280794
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e99e9b34ece0b6d3e82cb757e9f60fa414da999
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/03ee8f73801a8f46d83dfc2bf73fb9ffa5a21602

Impacted products

Vendor

Product

Version

▼

Linux

Version: 396e41a74a88654f23e36c46d2995752c91654a5
Version: 396e41a74a88654f23e36c46d2995752c91654a5
Version: 396e41a74a88654f23e36c46d2995752c91654a5

Linux

Version: 6.9

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