CVE-2025-38156
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Publication date: 2025-07-03
Last updated on: 2025-11-20
Assigner: kernel.org
Description
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | From 5.15.160 (inc) to 5.16 (inc) |
| linux | linux_kernel | From 5.15.160 (inc) to 5.16 (inc) |
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Exploitability
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-476 | The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL. |
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Can you explain this vulnerability to me?
This vulnerability is a null pointer dereference in the Linux kernel's mt7996 wireless driver. Specifically, the function mt7996_mmio_wed_init() calls devm_ioremap(), which can return NULL on error, but the function does not check for this NULL return value. This leads to a null pointer dereference, which can cause the kernel to crash or behave unexpectedly.
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
The null pointer dereference can cause the Linux kernel to crash or become unstable, potentially leading to denial of service on affected systems using the mt7996 wireless driver.