VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2025-38143

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.20%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2025-07-03
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: backlight: pm8941: Add NULL check in wled_configure() devm_kasprintf() returns NULL when memory allocation fails. Currently, wled_configure() does not check for this case, which results in a NULL pointer dereference. Add NULL check after devm_kasprintf() to prevent this issue.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference

Primary references