NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting linux-virt-doc package, versions <6.12.35-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.02% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-MINIMOSLATEST-LINUXVIRTDOC-14059041
  • published20 Nov 2025
  • disclosed10 Jul 2025

Introduced: 10 Jul 2025

CVE-2025-38307  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Minimos:latest linux-virt-doc to version 6.12.35-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream linux-virt-doc package and not the linux-virt-doc package as distributed by Minimos. See How to fix? for Minimos:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

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

ASoC: Intel: avs: Verify content returned by parse_int_array()

The first element of the returned array stores its length. If it is 0, any manipulation beyond the element at index 0 ends with null-ptr-deref.

CVSS Base Scores

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