CVE-2025-38368
kernel: misc: tps6594-pfsm: Add NULL pointer check in tps6594_pfsm_probe()
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · July 25, 2025
Updated · June 30, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
misc: tps6594-pfsm: Add NULL pointer check in tps6594_pfsm_probe()
The returned value, pfsm->miscdev.name, from devm_kasprintf() could be NULL. A pointer check is added to prevent potential NULL pointer dereference. This is similar to the fix in commit 3027e7b15b02 ("ice: Fix some null pointer dereference issues in ice_ptp.c").
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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