FKIE_CVE-2025-38609

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-08-19 17:15 - Updated: 2026-01-07 18:23
Severity ?
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: PM / devfreq: Check governor before using governor->name Commit 96ffcdf239de ("PM / devfreq: Remove redundant governor_name from struct devfreq") removes governor_name and uses governor->name to replace it. But devfreq->governor may be NULL and directly using devfreq->governor->name may cause null pointer exception. Move the check of governor to before using governor->name.
References
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2731c68f536fddcb71332db7f8d78c5eb4684c04Patch
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/631e101728df2a86b8fb761b49fad9712c651f8aPatch
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/75323a49aa603cf5484a6d74d0d329e86d756e11Patch
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81f50619370045120c133bfdda5b320c8c97d41ePatch
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bab7834c03820eb11269bc48f07c3800192460d2Patch
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d5632359dbc44862fc1ed04093c1f57529830261Patch
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f0479e878d4beb45e73c03e574c59f0a23ccd176Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.htmlThird Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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linux linux_kernel *
linux linux_kernel *
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debian debian_linux 11.0
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