Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 19, 2025· Updated Nov 3, 2025
PM / devfreq: Check governor before using governor->name
CVE-2025-38609
Description
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.
Affected products
2- Linux/Linuxv5Range: 5.11
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
7- git.kernel.org/stable/c/2731c68f536fddcb71332db7f8d78c5eb4684c04mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/631e101728df2a86b8fb761b49fad9712c651f8amitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/75323a49aa603cf5484a6d74d0d329e86d756e11mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/81f50619370045120c133bfdda5b320c8c97d41emitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/bab7834c03820eb11269bc48f07c3800192460d2mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/d5632359dbc44862fc1ed04093c1f57529830261mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/f0479e878d4beb45e73c03e574c59f0a23ccd176mitre
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