CVE-2025-37841

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: pm: cpupower: bench: Prevent NULL dereference on malloc failure If malloc returns NULL due to low memory, 'config' pointer can be NULL. Add a check to prevent NULL dereference.

CVSS v3 5.5 MEDIUM

5.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0e297a02e03dceb2874789ca40bd4e65c5371704	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/208baa3ec9043a664d9acfb8174b332e6b17fb69	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/34a9394794b0f97af6afedc0c9ee2012c24b28ed	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5e38122aa3fd0f9788186e86a677925bfec0b2d1	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/79bded9d70142d2a11d931fc029afece471641db	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/87b9f0867c0afa7e892f4b30c36cff6bf2707f85	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/942a4b97fc77516678b1d8af1521ff9a94c13b3e	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ceec06f464d5cfc0ba966225f7d50506ceb62242	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f8d28fa305b78c5d1073b63f26db265ba8291ae1	Patch
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00030.html	Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00045.html	Mailing List

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2025-05-09 07:16

Updated : 2025-11-17 12:50

NVD link : CVE-2025-37841

Mitre link : CVE-2025-37841

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-37841

JSON object : View

Products Affected

debian

debian_linux

linux

linux_kernel

CWE

CWE-476

NULL Pointer Dereference

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