5.5

CVE-2025-38610: debian debian_linux NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumAnalyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38610DEBIAN-CVE-2025-38610
Published 19-08-2025Last modified 11-05-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-38610 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in debian debian_linux. EPSS estimates a 0.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 5.6% 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
0.17%
0%100%
Low · +0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 41 · Related 38
DLA-4328-1MGASA-2025-0234MGASA-2025-0235OPENSUSE-SU-2025:20081-1SUSE-SU-2025:03272-1SUSE-SU-2025:03290-1

Timeline

  1. 19-08-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: powercap: dtpm_cpu: Fix NULL pointer dereference in get_pd_power_uw() The get_pd_power_uw() function can crash with a NULL pointer dereference when em_cpu_get() returns NULL. This occurs when a CPU becomes impossible during runtime, causing get_cpu_device() to return NULL, which propagates through em_cpu_get() and leads to a crash when em_span_cpus() dereferences the NULL pointer. Add a NULL check after em_cpu_get() and return 0 if unavailable, matching the existing fallback behavior in __dtpm_cpu_setup(). [ rjw: Drop an excess empty code line ]

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.17%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

6%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.01 pp

From 0.16% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.17%

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

Ubuntu121 products
  • linux< 6.8.0-100.100
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws< 6.8.0-1046.49
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Debian2 products
  • linux< 6.1.148-1 | < 6.12.43-1 | < 6.16.3-1
  • debian_linuxEOL11.0
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ eb82bace893169b319c563b7f813c58a0a5a9f76, < 27914f2b795e2b58e9506f281dcdd98fef09d3c2 | ≥ eb82bace893169b319c563b7f813c58a0a5a9f76, < c6ec27091cf5ac05094c1fe3a6ce914cf711a37c | ≥ eb82bace893169b319c563b7f813c58a0a5a9f76, < 8374ac7d69a57d737e701a851ffe980a0d27d3ad | ≥ eb82bace893169b319c563b7f813c58a0a5a9f76, < 27e0318f0ea69fcfa32228847debc384ade14578 | ≥ eb82bace893169b319c563b7f813c58a0a5a9f76, < 2fd001a0075ac01dc64a28a8e21226b3d989a91d | ≥ eb82bace893169b319c563b7f813c58a0a5a9f76, < 46dc57406887dd02565cb264224194a6776d882b | 5.16
  • linux_kernel≥ 5.16, < 6.1.148 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.102 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.12.42 | ≥ 6.13, < 6.15.10 | ≥ 6.16, < 6.16.1

3 vendors · 125 products

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