Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 22, 2025· Updated Jan 2, 2026
regulator: core: fix NULL dereference on unbind due to stale coupling data
CVE-2025-38668
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
regulator: core: fix NULL dereference on unbind due to stale coupling data
Failing to reset coupling_desc.n_coupled after freeing coupled_rdevs can lead to NULL pointer dereference when regulators are accessed post-unbind.
This can happen during runtime PM or other regulator operations that rely on coupling metadata.
For example, on ridesx4, unbinding the 'reg-dummy' platform device triggers a panic in regulator_lock_recursive() due to stale coupling state.
Ensure n_coupled is set to 0 to prevent access to invalid pointers.
Affected products
1- Linux/Linuxv5Range: 5.3
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
8- git.kernel.org/stable/c/233d3c54c9620e95193923859ea1d0b0f5d748camitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d4261dbb3335221fd9c6e69f909ba79ee6663a7mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/6c49eac796681e250e34156bafb643930310bd4amitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/7574892e259bbb16262ebfb4b65a2054a5e03a49mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/800a2cfb2df7f96b3fb48910fc595e0215f6b019mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/ca46946a482238b0cdea459fb82fc837fb36260emitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/ca9bef9ba1a6be640c87bf802d2e9e696021576amitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/d7e59c5fd7a0f5e16e75a30a89ea2c4ab88612b8mitre
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