VYPR
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

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  • Linux/Linuxv5
    Range: 5.3

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