CVE-2025-38262NULL Pointer Dereference in Linux

Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV5.6OSV3.2
EPSS
0.0%
top 94.61%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedJul 9
Latest updateMar 25

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tty: serial: uartlite: register uart driver in init When two instances of uart devices are probing, a concurrency race can occur. If one thread calls uart_register_driver function, which first allocates and assigns memory to 'uart_state' member of uart_driver structure, the other instance can bypass uart driver registration and call ulite_assign. This calls uart_add_one_port, which expects the uart driver to be fully initializ

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

NVDlinux/linux_kernel2.6.205.4.296+5
Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 6.1.147-1+2
Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 5.15.0-156.166+1
CVEListV5linux/linux238b8721a554a33a451a3f13bdb5be8fe5cfc9275015eed450005bab6e5cb6810f7a62eab0434fc4+7

Also affects: Debian Linux 11.0

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

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📋Vendor Advisories

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CVE-2025-38262 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Linux | cvebase