CVE-2025-23146: debian debian_linux NULL Pointer Dereference
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2025-23146 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in debian debian_linux. EPSS estimates a 0.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 11.3% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 42 · Related 40Timeline
- 01-05-2025PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 11-05-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mfd: ene-kb3930: Fix a potential NULL pointer dereference The off_gpios could be NULL. Add missing check in the kb3930_probe(). This is similar to the issue fixed in commit b1ba8bcb2d1f ("backlight: hx8357: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference"). This was detected by our static analysis tool.
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.22%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
11%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
+0.01 pp
From 0.21% on 20-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Ubuntu126 products
- linux< 5.15.0-144.157 | < 6.8.0-100.100
- linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws< 5.15.0-1088.95 | < 6.8.0-1046.49
- linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Debian2 products
- linux< 6.1.135-1 | < 6.12.25-1
- debian_linuxEOL11.0
Linux2 products
- linux≥ ede6b2d1dfc0d6a7b0b3161a2e911d464e28e0ad, < 6dc88993ee3fa8365ff6a5d6514702f70ba6863a | ≥ ede6b2d1dfc0d6a7b0b3161a2e911d464e28e0ad, < 90ee23c2514a22a9c2bb39a540cbe1c9acb27d0b | ≥ ede6b2d1dfc0d6a7b0b3161a2e911d464e28e0ad, < 2edb5b29b197d90b4d08cd45e911c0bcf24cb895 | ≥ ede6b2d1dfc0d6a7b0b3161a2e911d464e28e0ad, < ea07760676bba49319d553af80c239da053b5fb1 | ≥ ede6b2d1dfc0d6a7b0b3161a2e911d464e28e0ad, < 7b47df6498f223c8956bfe0d994a0e42a520dfcd | ≥ ede6b2d1dfc0d6a7b0b3161a2e911d464e28e0ad, < b1758417310d2cc77e52cd15103497e52e2614f6 | ≥ ede6b2d1dfc0d6a7b0b3161a2e911d464e28e0ad, < 76d0f4199bc5b51acb7b96c6663a8953543733ad | ≥ ede6b2d1dfc0d6a7b0b3161a2e911d464e28e0ad, < 4cdf1d2a816a93fa02f7b6b5492dc7f55af2a199 | 5.10
- linux_kernel≥ 5.10, < 5.10.237 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.181 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.135 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.88 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.12.24 | ≥ 6.13, < 6.13.12 | ≥ 6.14, < 6.14.3
3 vendors · 130 products