CVE-2025-38557NULL Pointer Dereference in Linux

Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV3.2
EPSS
0.0%
top 94.10%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
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

8
OSV
linux-azure, linux-azure-6.14 vulnerabilities2025-12-15
OSV
linux-gcp-6.14, linux-raspi vulnerabilities2025-12-04
OSV
linux-aws-6.14, linux-oracle-6.14 vulnerabilities2025-11-26
OSV
linux-oem-6.14 vulnerabilities2025-11-21
OSV
linux, linux-aws, linux-gcp, linux-hwe-6.14, linux-oracle, linux-realtime vulnerabilities2025-11-21

📋Vendor Advisories

8
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities2025-12-15
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities2025-12-04
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities2025-11-26
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Real-time) vulnerabilities2025-11-21
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities2025-11-21
CVE-2025-38557 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Linux | cvebase