NULL pointer dereference in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-38095
Published: July 4, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU112221
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-2025-38095
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 dma_resv_add_fence() function in drivers/dma-buf/dma-resv.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2025-38095
Install update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/08680c4dadc6e736c75bc2409d833f03f9003c51
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3becc659f9cb76b481ad1fb71f54d5c8d6332d3f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/72c7d62583ebce7baeb61acce6057c361f73be4a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c9d2b9a80d06a58f37e0dc8c827075639b443927
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fe1bebd0edb22e3536cbc920ec713331d1367ad4