CVE-2025-38368

misc: tps6594-pfsm: Add NULL pointer check in tps6594_pfsm_probe()

published July 25, 2025

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
5.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

misc: tps6594-pfsm: Add NULL pointer check in tps6594_pfsm_probe()

The returned value, pfsm->miscdev.name, from devm_kasprintf()

could be NULL.

A pointer check is added to prevent potential NULL pointer dereference.

This is similar to the fix in commit 3027e7b15b02

("ice: Fix some null pointer dereference issues in ice_ptp.c").

This issue is found by our static analysis tool.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00165 · 5.5th percentile
Published
2025-07-25T12:47Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 25 JUL 12:47Z
    misc: tps6594-pfsm: Add NULL pointer check in tps6594_pfsm_probe()
    cvelistv5