CVE-2025-38645 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5: Check device memory pointer before usage Add a NULL check before accessing device memory to prevent a crash if dev->dm allocation in mlx5_init_once() fails.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

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Vendors	Products
Linux	Linux Kernel

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References

Link	Providers
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3046b011d368162b1b9ca9453eee0fea930e0a93
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4249f1307932f1b6bbb8b7eba60d82f0b7e44430
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/62d7cf455c887941ed6f105cd430ba04ee0b6c9f
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/70f238c902b8c0461ae6fbb8d1a0bbddc4350eea
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/da899a1fd7c40e2e4302af1db7d0b8540fb22283
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eebb225fe6c9103293807b8edabcbad59f9589bc

History

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 11:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Linux Linux linux Kernel
Vendors & Products		Linux Linux linux Kernel

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5: Check device memory pointer before usage Add a NULL check before accessing device memory to prevent a crash if dev->dm allocation in mlx5_init_once() fails.
Title		net/mlx5: Check device memory pointer before usage
References		https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3046b011d368162b1b9ca9453eee0fea930e0a93 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4249f1307932f1b6bbb8b7eba60d82f0b7e44430 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/62d7cf455c887941ed6f105cd430ba04ee0b6c9f https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/70f238c902b8c0461ae6fbb8d1a0bbddc4350eea https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/da899a1fd7c40e2e4302af1db7d0b8540fb22283 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eebb225fe6c9103293807b8edabcbad59f9589bc

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published: 2025-08-22T16:00:50.665Z

Updated: 2025-08-22T16:00:50.665Z

Reserved: 2025-04-16T04:51:24.030Z

Link: CVE-2025-38645

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-08-22T16:15:38.727

Modified: 2025-08-22T18:08:51.663

Link: CVE-2025-38645

Redhat

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