CVE-2025-38641 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Linux

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference5 documents5 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 94.42%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
LinuxLinux KernelDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedAug 22

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: btusb: Fix potential NULL dereference on kmalloc failure Avoid potential NULL pointer dereference by checking the return value of kmalloc and handling allocation failure properly.

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 Packages3 packages

▶CVEListV5linux/linux7d70989fcea7f79afe018a7e34d3486406c7a94e — 5029d80bfc30b60ff57c70ccb04e027acb404f6a+2
▶debiandebian/linux

Patches

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

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-78pg-f8xh-rcvm: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: btusb: Fix potential NULL dereference on kmalloc failure Avoid potent↗2025-08-22
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OSV
CVE-2025-38641: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: btusb: Fix potential NULL dereference on kmalloc failure Avoid potentia↗2025-08-22
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
kernel: Bluetooth: btusb: Fix potential NULL dereference on kmalloc failure↗2025-08-22
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Debian
CVE-2025-38641: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: ...↗2025
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