pm: cpupower: bench: Prevent NULL dereference on malloc failure
Priority LOW 25CWE-476Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-476.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: pm: cpupower: bench: Prevent NULL dereference on malloc failure If malloc returns NULL due to low memory, 'config' pointer can be NULL. Add a check to prevent NULL dereference.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00298 22nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Linux (Linux): 5.4.293, 5.10.237, 5.15.181 +6
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | 3.1 and later | 5.4.293, 5.10.237, 5.15.181, 6.1.135, 6.6.88, 6.12.24, 6.13.12, 6.14.3, 6.15 | Patch available | CNA |
- Linux VendorLinux Affected 3.1 and later Fixed in 5.4.293, 5.10.237, 5.15.181, 6.1.135, 6.6.88, 6.12.24, 6.13.12, 6.14.3, 6.15 Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 2
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | before 5.4.293; 5.5 to before 5.10.237; 5.11 to before 5.15.181; 5.16 to before 6.1.135; 6.2 to before 6.6.88; 6.7 to before 6.12.24; 6.13 to before 6.13.12; 6.14 to before 6.14.3 | Vulnerable | Linux |
| cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 11.0 | Vulnerable | Debian |
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 5.4.293; 5.5 to before 5.10.237; 5.11 to before 5.15.181; 5.16 to before 6.1.135; 6.2 to before 6.6.88; 6.7 to before 6.12.24; 6.13 to before 6.13.12; 6.14 to before 6.14.3 Vulnerable ·Linux
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 11.0 Vulnerable ·Debian
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.4.293, 5.10.237, 5.15.181, 6.1.135, 6.6.88, 6.12.24, 6.13.12, 6.14.3, 6.15
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Not affected: 5 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-37841
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7g4q-q3wm-pqvx
References
Patch 9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/34a9394794b0f97af6afedc0c9ee2012c24b28ed
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/79bded9d70142d2a11d931fc029afece471641db
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0e297a02e03dceb2874789ca40bd4e65c5371704
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/87b9f0867c0afa7e892f4b30c36cff6bf2707f85
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/942a4b97fc77516678b1d8af1521ff9a94c13b3e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f8d28fa305b78c5d1073b63f26db265ba8291ae1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ceec06f464d5cfc0ba966225f7d50506ceb62242
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5e38122aa3fd0f9788186e86a677925bfec0b2d1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/208baa3ec9043a664d9acfb8174b332e6b17fb69
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Sources
- CVE-2025-37841 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-37841 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-7g4q-q3wm-pqvx · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2025-37841 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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