CVE-2025-38559 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Linux

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference16 documents6 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV3.2
EPSS
0.0%
top 95.37%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
LinuxLinux KernelDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedAug 19
Latest updateDec 15

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: platform/x86/intel/pmt: fix a crashlog NULL pointer access Usage of the intel_pmt_read() for binary sysfs, requires a pcidev. The current use of the endpoint value is only valid for telemetry endpoint usage. Without the ep, the crashlog usage causes the following NULL pointer exception: BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000 Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI RIP: 0010:intel_pmt_read+0x3b/0x70 [pmt_clas…

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_kernel6.12 — 6.12.42+2
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 6.12.43-1+1
▶CVEListV5linux/linux045a513040cc0242d364c05c3791594e2294f32d — 860d93bd6a21f08883711196344c353bc3936a2b+4
▶debiandebian/linux< linux 6.16.3-1 (forky)

Patches

Patch: git.kernel.org ↗Patch: git.kernel.org ↗Patch: git.kernel.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

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OSV
linux-azure, linux-azure-6.14 vulnerabilities↗2025-12-15
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OSV
linux-gcp-6.14, linux-raspi vulnerabilities↗2025-12-04
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OSV
linux-aws-6.14, linux-oracle-6.14 vulnerabilities↗2025-11-26
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OSV
linux-oem-6.14 vulnerabilities↗2025-11-21
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OSV
linux, linux-aws, linux-gcp, linux-hwe-6.14, linux-oracle, linux-realtime vulnerabilities↗2025-11-21
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📋Vendor Advisories

7
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities↗2025-12-15
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities↗2025-12-04
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities↗2025-11-26
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Real-time) vulnerabilities↗2025-11-21
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities↗2025-11-21
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