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CVE-2025-38602

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iwlwifi: Add missing check for alloc_ordered_workqueue Add check for the return value of alloc_ordered_workqueue since it may return NULL pointer.

References

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ca980f1911a7144d451d1c31298ab8507c6bd88f

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c80832d445653baba5ac80cd2c2637c437ac881b

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c0e43c3f6c0a79381b468574c241065998412b7c

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b398120fbe0acfef60b16f6a0f69902d385d7728

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/90a0d9f339960448a3acc1437a46730f975efd6a

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7dd6350307af6521b6240b295c93b7eec4daebe6

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/70a1b527eaea9430b1bd87de59f3b9f6bd225701

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6663c52608d8d8727bf1911e6d9218069ba1c85e

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e9f85ee3b46453a2f250a57d3a9f10c70c71202

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-08-19

Updated: 2025-11-03

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00024

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