NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting perf package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.03% (8th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS10-PERF-12198774
  • published26 Aug 2025
  • disclosed22 Aug 2025

Introduced: 22 Aug 2025

NewCVE-2025-38645  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:10 perf.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream perf package and not the perf package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1