CVE-2025-38215 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV5.6OSV3.2
EPSS
0.0%
top 91.78%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedJul 4
Latest updateMar 25
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
fbdev: Fix do_register_framebuffer to prevent null-ptr-deref in fb_videomode_to_var
If fb_add_videomode() in do_register_framebuffer() fails to allocate
memory for fb_videomode, it will later lead to a null-ptr dereference in
fb_videomode_to_var(), as the fb_info is registered while not having the
mode in modelist that is expected to be there, i.e. the one that is
described in fb_info->var.
general protection fault, probably …
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 Packages4 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linux1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 — 908c5bb64f9c4319902b8ca1aa3fef8f83302520+5
Also affects: Debian Linux 11.0