NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-devel package, versions <0:6.12.35-55.103.amzn2023


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (1st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-KERNELDEVEL-11481851
  • published5 Aug 2025
  • disclosed4 Jul 2025

Introduced: 4 Jul 2025

CVE-2025-38208  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 kernel-devel to version 0:6.12.35-55.103.amzn2023 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2025-1080.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-devel package and not the kernel-devel package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2023 relevant fixed versions and status.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

smb: client: add NULL check in automount_fullpath

page is checked for null in __build_path_from_dentry_optional_prefix when tcon->origin_fullpath is not set. However, the check is missing when it is set. Add a check to prevent a potential NULL pointer dereference.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1