In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mt76: mt7996: Add NULL check in mt7996_thermal_init devm_kasprintf() can return a NULL pointer on failure,but this returned value in mt7996_thermal_init() is not checked. Add NULL check in mt7996_thermal_init(), to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference error.
History

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00018}

epss

{'score': 0.00024}


Sat, 12 Jul 2025 00:15:00 +0000

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References
Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

Moderate


Thu, 10 Jul 2025 08:00:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mt76: mt7996: Add NULL check in mt7996_thermal_init devm_kasprintf() can return a NULL pointer on failure,but this returned value in mt7996_thermal_init() is not checked. Add NULL check in mt7996_thermal_init(), to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference error.
Title wifi: mt76: mt7996: Add NULL check in mt7996_thermal_init
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published: 2025-07-10T07:41:59.518Z

Updated: 2025-07-28T04:17:12.421Z

Reserved: 2025-04-16T04:51:24.000Z

Link: CVE-2025-38281

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-07-10T08:15:26.480

Modified: 2025-07-10T13:17:30.017

Link: CVE-2025-38281

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2025-07-10T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2025-38281 - Bugzilla