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CVE-2025-38541
"Qualcomm Atheros mt76 WiFi Null Pointer Dereference Vulnerability"
Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mt76: mt7925: Fix null-ptr-deref in mt7925_thermal_init() devm_kasprintf() returns NULL on error. Currently, mt7925_thermal_init() 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 :

Aug. 16, 2025, 12:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Aug. 18, 2025, 8:16 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

No

Source :

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Affected Products

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ID Vendor Product Action
1 Linux linux_kernel
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 1
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/03ee8f73801a8f46d83dfc2bf73fb9ffa5a21602
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1bbdf4213711bb6dc365e7628430a63dd3280794
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e99e9b34ece0b6d3e82cb757e9f60fa414da999
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  • New CVE Received by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

    Aug. 16, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mt76: mt7925: Fix null-ptr-deref in mt7925_thermal_init() devm_kasprintf() returns NULL on error. Currently, mt7925_thermal_init() 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/03ee8f73801a8f46d83dfc2bf73fb9ffa5a21602
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1bbdf4213711bb6dc365e7628430a63dd3280794
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e99e9b34ece0b6d3e82cb757e9f60fa414da999
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