CVE-2025-38053

kernel: idpf: fix null-ptr-deref in idpf_features_check

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · June 18, 2025

Updated · June 30, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in the idpf module in the Linux kernel. A null pointer dereference can be triggered when the driver attempts to use a resource that has already been released, resulting in a denial of service.

Statement

This issue has been fixed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.10 and 9.4 via RHSA-2025:9580 [1] and RHSA-2024:2394 [2], respectively.

[1]. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9580

[2]. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2394

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference