NULL pointer dereference in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-38186

Vulnerability identifier: #VU112310

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 6.8 [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]

CVE-ID: CVE-2025-38186

CWE-ID: CWE-476

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to NULL pointer dereference within the bnxt_ulp_stop() and bnxt_ulp_start() functions in drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ulp.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Linux kernel
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
Legacy Module
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching
Public Cloud Module
SUSE Real Time Module
Basesystem Module
Development Tools Module
Ubuntu
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_13-rt
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_3-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_13-rt-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_3-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_11-default
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kernel-devel
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linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-hwe-6.14 (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux-realtime-6.14 (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws-6.14 (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp-6.14 (Ubuntu package)

Install update from vendor's repository.

kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_13-rt - update to 1-150700.1.5.1
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_3-debugsource - update to 1-150700.1.5.1
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_13-rt-debuginfo - update to 1-150700.1.5.1
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_3-debugsource - update to 1-150700.15.3.4
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_11-default - update to 1-150700.15.3.4
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_11-default-debuginfo - update to 1-150700.15.3.4
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.13.1
dlm-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.13.1
kernel-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.13.1
kernel-devel-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.13.1
kernel-source-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.13.1
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.13.1
kernel-rt-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.13.1
gfs2-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.13.1
kernel-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.13.1
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.13.1
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.13.1
cluster-md-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.13.1
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.13.1
ocfs2-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.13.1
kernel-rt-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.13.1
kernel-syms-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.13.1
kernel-azure-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.20.11.1
kernel-azure - update to 6.4.0-150700.20.11.1
kernel-azure-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.20.11.1
kernel-azure-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.20.11.1
kernel-azure-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.20.11.1
kernel-syms-azure - update to 6.4.0-150700.20.11.1
kernel-source-azure - update to 6.4.0-150700.20.11.1
kernel-devel-azure - update to 6.4.0-150700.20.11.1
gfs2-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.11.1
dlm-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.11.1
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.11.1
ocfs2-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.11.1
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.11.1
cluster-md-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.11.1
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.11.1
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.11.1
kernel-default-extra - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.11.1
kernel-source - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.11.1
kernel-default-livepatch - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.11.1
kernel-default-livepatch-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.11.1
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.11.1
kernel-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.11.1
kernel-64kb-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.11.1
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.11.1
kernel-64kb-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.11.1
kernel-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.11.1
kernel-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.11.1
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.11.1
kernel-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.11.1
kernel-default-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.11.1
kernel-default-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.11.1
kernel-macros - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.11.1
kernel-zfcpdump - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.11.1
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.11.1
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.11.1
kernel-obs-build - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.11.1
kernel-obs-build-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.11.1
kernel-syms - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.11.1
reiserfs-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.11.1
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.11.1
kernel-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.11.1
kernel-default-base - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.11.1.150700.17.9.4
kernel-docs - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.11.3
linux (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.14.0-34.34, 6.14.0-1014.14~24.04.1, 6.14.0-1015.15, 6.14.0-1015.15~24.04.1, 6.14.0-1016.16, 6.14.0-1018.19
linux-hwe-6.14 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.14.0-34.34~24.04.1
linux-azure (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.14.0-1007.7+25.10.1, 6.14.0-1014.14, 6.14.0-1014.14~24.04.1
linux-realtime-6.14 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.14.0-1014.14~24.04.1
linux-aws-6.14 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.14.0-1015.15~24.04.1
linux-gcp-6.14 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.14.0-1018.19~24.04.1

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e9ac33fa271be0d2480fd732f9642d81542500b
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6f2cd309492924b8afd2c62aebff815c1119d124
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cca4ffd4a5b768752b91f6f75d77928e47886913

• NULL pointer dereference in Linux kernel broadcom bnxt driver
• SUSE update for the Linux Kernel
• SUSE update for the Linux Kernel
• SUSE update for the Linux Kernel
• Ubuntu update for linux-realtime-6.14
• Ubuntu update for linux-azure
• Ubuntu update for linux
• Ubuntu update for linux-aws-6.14
• Ubuntu update for linux-gcp-6.14
• Ubuntu update for linux-hwe-6.14