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.
Affected products
2- Linux/Linuxv5Range: 5.4
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
7- git.kernel.org/stable/c/3046b011d368162b1b9ca9453eee0fea930e0a93mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/4249f1307932f1b6bbb8b7eba60d82f0b7e44430mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/62d7cf455c887941ed6f105cd430ba04ee0b6c9fmitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/70f238c902b8c0461ae6fbb8d1a0bbddc4350eeamitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/9053a69abfb5680c2a95292b96df5d204bc0776fmitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/da899a1fd7c40e2e4302af1db7d0b8540fb22283mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/eebb225fe6c9103293807b8edabcbad59f9589bcmitre
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