5.5

CVE-2025-38160: debian debian_linux NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumAnalyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38160DEBIAN-CVE-2025-38160
Published 03-07-2025Last modified 11-05-2026

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.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.18%
0%100%
Low · +0.02 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: 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

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

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.18%

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

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
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

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