CVE-2025-38171 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 77.94%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedJul 3
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
power: supply: max77705: Fix workqueue error handling in probe
The create_singlethread_workqueue() doesn't return error pointers, it
returns NULL. Also cleanup the workqueue on the error paths.
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 Packages3 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linuxa6a494c8e3ce1fe84aac538b087a4cab868ed83f — 7f16be2b2927fdcfe40b596b7411c46d23a82034+2
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
2GHSA▶
GHSA-8gcg-pj32-gq6h: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
power: supply: max77705: Fix workqueue error handling in probe
The create_single↗2025-07-03
OSV▶
CVE-2025-38171: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: power: supply: max77705: Fix workqueue error handling in probe The create_singleth↗2025-07-03