CVE-2025-21773
kernel: can: etas_es58x: fix potential NULL pointer dereference on udev->serial
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · February 27, 2025
Updated · June 30, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
can: etas_es58x: fix potential NULL pointer dereference on udev->serial
The driver assumed that es58x_dev->udev->serial could never be NULL. While this is true on commercially available devices, an attacker could spoof the device identity providing a NULL USB serial number. That would trigger a NULL pointer dereference.
Add a check on es58x_dev->udev->serial before accessing it.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference