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CVE-2025-38143

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Published: Jul 3, 2025Modified: Jun 17, 2026

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5.5
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 3.6
Source: NVD

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: backlight: pm8941: Add NULL check in wled_configure() devm_kasprintf() returns NULL when memory allocation fails. Currently, wled_configure() does not check for this case, which results in a NULL pointer dereference. Add NULL check after devm_kasprintf() to prevent this issue.

Affected (7)

Linux
1 product
Linux Kernel
Debian
1 product
Debian Linux
Configuration A
6 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Linux
Linux Kernel
From 5.0 to 5.10.239
Linux Kernel
From 5.11 to 5.15.186
Linux Kernel
From 5.16 to 6.1.142
Linux Kernel
From 6.13 to 6.15.3
Linux Kernel
From 6.2 to 6.6.94
Linux Kernel
From 6.7 to 6.12.34
Configuration B
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Debian Linux
Version 11.0

Related CWEs

CWE-476
NULL Pointer Dereference
The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

References (9)

Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Patch
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory

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