5.5

CVE-2025-38145: debian debian_linux NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumAnalyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38145DEBIAN-CVE-2025-38145
Published 03-07-2025Last modified 11-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-38145 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in debian debian_linux. EPSS estimates a 0.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 10.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.21%
0%100%
Low · +0.03 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 53 · Related 48

Timeline

  1. 03-07-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: soc: aspeed: Add NULL check in aspeed_lpc_enable_snoop() devm_kasprintf() returns NULL when memory allocation fails. Currently, aspeed_lpc_enable_snoop() does not check for this case, which results in a NULL pointer dereference. Add NULL check after devm_kasprintf() to prevent this issue. [arj: Fix Fixes: tag to use subject from 3772e5da4454]

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.21%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

10%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.03 pp

From 0.18% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.21%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Ubuntu141 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.15.0-156.166 | < 6.8.0-100.100
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.15.0-1092.99 | < 6.8.0-1046.49
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Debian2 products
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 3772e5da445420543b25825ac2b5971f3743f6e8, < 2beee9cf833374550e673d428ad8b6ab37c175b3 | ≥ 3772e5da445420543b25825ac2b5971f3743f6e8, < c550999f939b529d28a914d5034cc4290066aea6 | ≥ 3772e5da445420543b25825ac2b5971f3743f6e8, < 1fd889c145722579aa038c31cbc07cfdd4d75166 | ≥ 3772e5da445420543b25825ac2b5971f3743f6e8, < d62a589eaaec6385e3e2b25cf5a28b4560ace93f | ≥ 3772e5da445420543b25825ac2b5971f3743f6e8, < 8312b1f776f71979bf33bda7acc05b348e8792c7 | ≥ 3772e5da445420543b25825ac2b5971f3743f6e8, < f697ef117ecbf3a367dfc559a6a3589905956530 | ≥ 3772e5da445420543b25825ac2b5971f3743f6e8, < 45b2e8b0fdd280aba04c3cc869e9ae500c44e4b7 | ≥ 3772e5da445420543b25825ac2b5971f3743f6e8, < f1706e0e1a74b095cbc60375b9b1e6205f5f4c98 | 4.19
  • linux_kernel≥ 4.19, < 5.4.295 | ≥ 5.5, < 5.10.239 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.186 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.142 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.94 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.12.34 | ≥ 6.13, < 6.15.3

3 vendors · 145 products

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