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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 22, 2025· Updated Nov 3, 2025

net/mlx5: Check device memory pointer before usage

CVE-2025-38645

Description

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

net/mlx5: Check device memory pointer before usage

Add a NULL check before accessing device memory to prevent a crash if dev->dm allocation in mlx5_init_once() fails.

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