ghsa-v489-2rf4-qq7m
Vulnerability from github
Published
2025-08-22 18:31
Modified
2025-08-28 15:30
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

power: supply: cpcap-charger: Fix null check for power_supply_get_by_name

In the cpcap_usb_detect() function, the power_supply_get_by_name() function may return NULL instead of an error pointer. To prevent potential null pointer dereferences, Added a null check.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2025-38634"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-08-22T16:15:37Z",
    "severity": null
  },
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\npower: supply: cpcap-charger: Fix null check for power_supply_get_by_name\n\nIn the cpcap_usb_detect() function, the power_supply_get_by_name()\nfunction may return `NULL` instead of an error pointer.\nTo prevent potential null pointer dereferences, Added a null check.",
  "id": "GHSA-v489-2rf4-qq7m",
  "modified": "2025-08-28T15:30:39Z",
  "published": "2025-08-22T18:31:22Z",
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  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": []
}


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