CVE-2025-38454 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV3.2
EPSS
0.0%
top 95.06%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedJul 25
Latest updateDec 15
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ALSA: ad1816a: Fix potential NULL pointer deref in snd_card_ad1816a_pnp()
Use pr_warn() instead of dev_warn() when 'pdev' is NULL to avoid a
potential NULL pointer dereference.
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/linux20869176d7a7509bad9ea6b895469aebea9c8f21 — e14bffc90866596ba19ffe549f199d7870da4241+3
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
8OSV▶
linux, linux-aws, linux-gcp, linux-hwe-6.14, linux-oracle, linux-realtime vulnerabilities↗2025-11-21