CVE-2025-38275 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV3.2
EPSS
0.0%
top 92.84%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedJul 10
Latest updateMar 25
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
phy: qcom-qmp-usb: Fix an NULL vs IS_ERR() bug
The qmp_usb_iomap() helper function currently returns the raw result of
devm_ioremap() for non-exclusive mappings. Since devm_ioremap() may return
a NULL pointer and the caller only checks error pointers with IS_ERR(),
NULL could bypass the check and lead to an invalid dereference.
Fix the issue by checking if devm_ioremap() returns NULL. When it does,
qmp_usb_iomap() now returns…
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/linuxa5d6b1ac56cbd6b5850a3a54e35f1cb71e8e8cdd — 0b979a409e40457ca1b5cb48755d1f34eee58805+6
Also affects: Debian Linux 11.0