CVE-2025-21982 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV5.9OSV4.7
EPSS
0.0%
top 84.93%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedApr 1
Latest updateOct 15
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
pinctrl: nuvoton: npcm8xx: Add NULL check in npcm8xx_gpio_fw
devm_kasprintf() calls can return null pointers on failure.
But the return values were not checked in npcm8xx_gpio_fw().
Add NULL check in npcm8xx_gpio_fw(), to handle kernel NULL
pointer dereference error.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6
Affected Packages5 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linuxacf4884a571709cad99f98aabe08b7cacd62dc80 — a585f6ea42ec259a9a57e3e2580fa527c92187d0+3