CVE-2025-38138
"Qualcomm Ti Linux DMAengine NULL Pointer Dereference Vulnerability"
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dmaengine: ti: Add NULL check in udma_probe() devm_kasprintf() returns NULL when memory allocation fails. Currently, udma_probe() does not check for this case, which results in a NULL pointer dereference. Add NULL check after devm_kasprintf() to prevent this issue.
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Published Date :
July 3, 2025, 9:15 a.m.
Last Modified :
July 3, 2025, 3:13 p.m.
Source :
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
Exploitability Score :
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New CVE Received by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Jul. 03, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dmaengine: ti: Add NULL check in udma_probe() devm_kasprintf() returns NULL when memory allocation fails. Currently, udma_probe() does not check for this case, which results in a NULL pointer dereference. Add NULL check after devm_kasprintf() to prevent this issue. Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/643db430f4cbd91dd2b63c49d62d0abb6debc13b Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f133e04c62246353b8b1f0a679535c65161ebcf Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b79e10050d9d1e200541d25751dd5cb8ec58483c Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bc6ddff79835f71310a21645d8fcf08ec473e969 Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d61d5ba5bd5b0e39e30b34dcd92946e084bca0d0 Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec1ea394c40523835bbedd8fc4934b77b461b6fe Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fd447415e74bccd7362f760d4ea727f8e1ebfe91
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