NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting linux-virt-doc package, versions <6.12.44-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.03% (7th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-MINIMOSLATEST-LINUXVIRTDOC-14124426
  • published27 Nov 2025
  • disclosed4 Sept 2025

Introduced: 4 Sep 2025

CVE-2025-38726  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Minimos:latest linux-virt-doc to version 6.12.44-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:

net: ftgmac100: fix potential NULL pointer access in ftgmac100_phy_disconnect

After the call to phy_disconnect() netdev->phydev is reset to NULL. So fixed_phy_unregister() would be called with a NULL pointer as argument. Therefore cache the phy_device before this call.

CVSS Base Scores

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