CVE-2025-38160: debian debian_linux NULL Pointer Dereference
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2025-38160 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in debian debian_linux. EPSS estimates a 0.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 6.8% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 53 · Related 48Timeline
- 03-07-2025PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 11-05-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: clk: bcm: rpi: Add NULL check in raspberrypi_clk_register() devm_kasprintf() returns NULL when memory allocation fails. Currently, raspberrypi_clk_register() does not check for this case, which results in a NULL pointer dereference. Add NULL check after devm_kasprintf() to prevent this issue.
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
0.18%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
7%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
+0.02 pp
From 0.15% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Ubuntu133 products
- linux< 5.15.0-156.166 | < 6.8.0-100.100
- linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws< 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
- linux< 6.1.147-1 | < 6.12.35-1
- debian_linuxEOL11.0
Linux2 products
- linux≥ 93d2725affd65686792f4b57e49ef660f3c8c0f9, < 938f625bd3364cfdc93916739add3b637ff90368 | ≥ 93d2725affd65686792f4b57e49ef660f3c8c0f9, < 54ce9bcdaee59d4ef0703f390d55708557818f9e | ≥ 93d2725affd65686792f4b57e49ef660f3c8c0f9, < 52562161df3567cdaedada46834a7a8d8c4ab737 | ≥ 93d2725affd65686792f4b57e49ef660f3c8c0f9, < 3c1adc2f8c732ea09e8c4bce5941fec019c6205d | ≥ 93d2725affd65686792f4b57e49ef660f3c8c0f9, < 0a2712cd24ecfeb520af60f6f859b442c7ab01ff | ≥ 93d2725affd65686792f4b57e49ef660f3c8c0f9, < 1b69a5299f28ce8e6afa37c3690dbc14c3a1f53f | ≥ 93d2725affd65686792f4b57e49ef660f3c8c0f9, < 73c46d9a93d071ca69858dea3f569111b03e549e | 5.9
- linux_kernel≥ 5.9, < 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 · 137 products
References
46 links- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.htmlThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.htmlThird Party Advisory