ghsa-g3wv-hmmw-34hr
Vulnerability from github
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
platform/x86/intel/pmt: fix a crashlog NULL pointer access
Usage of the intel_pmt_read() for binary sysfs, requires a pcidev. The current use of the endpoint value is only valid for telemetry endpoint usage.
Without the ep, the crashlog usage causes the following NULL pointer exception:
BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000 Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI RIP: 0010:intel_pmt_read+0x3b/0x70 [pmt_class] Code: Call Trace: ? sysfs_kf_bin_read+0xc0/0xe0 kernfs_fop_read_iter+0xac/0x1a0 vfs_read+0x26d/0x350 ksys_read+0x6b/0xe0 __x64_sys_read+0x1d/0x30 x64_sys_call+0x1bc8/0x1d70 do_syscall_64+0x6d/0x110
Augment struct intel_pmt_entry with a pointer to the pcidev to avoid the NULL pointer exception.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-38559"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-08-19T17:15:32Z",
"severity": null
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nplatform/x86/intel/pmt: fix a crashlog NULL pointer access\n\nUsage of the intel_pmt_read() for binary sysfs, requires a pcidev. The\ncurrent use of the endpoint value is only valid for telemetry endpoint\nusage.\n\nWithout the ep, the crashlog usage causes the following NULL pointer\nexception:\n\nBUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000\nOops: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI\nRIP: 0010:intel_pmt_read+0x3b/0x70 [pmt_class]\nCode:\nCall Trace:\n \u003cTASK\u003e\n ? sysfs_kf_bin_read+0xc0/0xe0\n kernfs_fop_read_iter+0xac/0x1a0\n vfs_read+0x26d/0x350\n ksys_read+0x6b/0xe0\n __x64_sys_read+0x1d/0x30\n x64_sys_call+0x1bc8/0x1d70\n do_syscall_64+0x6d/0x110\n\nAugment struct intel_pmt_entry with a pointer to the pcidev to avoid\nthe NULL pointer exception.",
"id": "GHSA-g3wv-hmmw-34hr",
"modified": "2025-08-19T18:31:32Z",
"published": "2025-08-19T18:31:32Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-38559"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/089d05266b2caf020ac2ae2cd2be78f580268f5d"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/18d53b543b5447478e259c96ca4688393f327c98"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/54d5cd4719c5e87f33d271c9ac2e393147d934f8"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/860d93bd6a21f08883711196344c353bc3936a2b"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
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