NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting linux-virt-doc package, versions <6.12.37-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-14083060
  • published21 Nov 2025
  • disclosed25 Jul 2025

Introduced: 25 Jul 2025

CVE-2025-38368  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Minimos:latest linux-virt-doc to version 6.12.37-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:

misc: tps6594-pfsm: Add NULL pointer check in tps6594_pfsm_probe()

The returned value, pfsm->miscdev.name, from devm_kasprintf() could be NULL. A pointer check is added to prevent potential NULL pointer dereference. This is similar to the fix in commit 3027e7b15b02 ("ice: Fix some null pointer dereference issues in ice_ptp.c").

This issue is found by our static analysis tool.

CVSS Base Scores

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