NULL pointer dereference in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-23146
Published: May 4, 2025 / Updated: May 10, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU108468
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-23146
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to NULL pointer dereference within the kb3930_probe() function in drivers/mfd/ene-kb3930.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2025-23146
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2edb5b29b197d90b4d08cd45e911c0bcf24cb895
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4cdf1d2a816a93fa02f7b6b5492dc7f55af2a199
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6dc88993ee3fa8365ff6a5d6514702f70ba6863a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/76d0f4199bc5b51acb7b96c6663a8953543733ad
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7b47df6498f223c8956bfe0d994a0e42a520dfcd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/90ee23c2514a22a9c2bb39a540cbe1c9acb27d0b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b1758417310d2cc77e52cd15103497e52e2614f6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ea07760676bba49319d553af80c239da053b5fb1
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.6.88