CVE-2025-38557 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV3.2
EPSS
0.0%
top 94.10%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedAug 19
Latest updateDec 15
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
HID: apple: validate feature-report field count to prevent NULL pointer dereference
A malicious HID device with quirk APPLE_MAGIC_BACKLIGHT can trigger a NULL
pointer dereference whilst the power feature-report is toggled and sent to
the device in apple_magic_backlight_report_set(). The power feature-report
is expected to have two data fields, but if the descriptor declares one
field then accessing field[1] and dereferencing i…
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 Packages7 packages
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
8OSV▶
linux, linux-aws, linux-gcp, linux-hwe-6.14, linux-oracle, linux-realtime vulnerabilities↗2025-11-21