CVE-2025-38368misc: tps6594-pfsm: Add NULL pointer check in tps6594_pfsm_probe()
- 5.5MediumCVSS base score
- 0.18%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 93% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Linux
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 10 months later
· 10 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.18% · top 93% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Affected products
- affected a0df3ef087f8aaebbdf205b1b2e126ec9ef6b113 – < a8d1b4f219e8833130927f19d1c8bfbf49215ce4
- affected a0df3ef087f8aaebbdf205b1b2e126ec9ef6b113 – < a10c8bff454b11ef553d9df19ee722d2df34cd0e
- affected a0df3ef087f8aaebbdf205b1b2e126ec9ef6b113 – < d27ee5c59881a64ea92e363502742cb4f38b7460
- affected a0df3ef087f8aaebbdf205b1b2e126ec9ef6b113 – < a99b598d836c9c6411110c70a2da134c78d96e67
- affected 6.5
- unaffected < 6.5
- unaffected 6.6.96 – ≤ 6.6.*
- unaffected 6.12.36 – ≤ 6.12.*
- unaffected 6.15.5 – ≤ 6.15.*
- unaffected 6.16 – ≤ *
References
References4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a8d1b4f219e8833130927f19d1c8bfbf49215ce4 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a10c8bff454b11ef553d9df19ee722d2df34cd0e (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d27ee5c59881a64ea92e363502742cb4f38b7460 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a99b598d836c9c6411110c70a2da134c78d96e67 (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2025-22635 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2025-38368)Record last updated .