In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

Bluetooth: btusb: Fix potential NULL dereference on kmalloc failure

Avoid potential NULL pointer dereference by checking the return value of
kmalloc and handling allocation failure properly.
History

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 12:00:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 00:15:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-476
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

Low


Fri, 22 Aug 2025 16:15:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: btusb: Fix potential NULL dereference on kmalloc failure Avoid potential NULL pointer dereference by checking the return value of kmalloc and handling allocation failure properly.
Title Bluetooth: btusb: Fix potential NULL dereference on kmalloc failure
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-08-22T16:00:47.492Z

Reserved: 2025-04-16T04:51:24.030Z

Link: CVE-2025-38641

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No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-08-22T16:15:38.150

Modified: 2025-08-22T18:08:51.663

Link: CVE-2025-38641

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2025-08-22T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2025-38641 - Bugzilla

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Updated: 2025-08-23T11:53:16Z