CVE-2025-38145 soc: aspeed: Add NULL check in aspeed_lpc_enable_snoop()
A missing NULL check in the Linux kernel's Aspeed LPC driver can cause a system crash when memory allocation fails.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2025-38145?
CVE-2025-38145 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 3 Jul 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
soc: aspeed: Add NULL check in aspeed_lpc_enable_snoop()
devm_kasprintf() returns NULL when memory allocation fails. Currently, aspeed_lpc_enable_snoop() does not check for this case, which results in a NULL pointer dereference.
Add NULL check after devm_kasprintf() to prevent this issue.
[arj: Fix Fixes: tag to use subject from 3772e5da4454]
Weakness: CWE-476
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-38145?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Debian Debian Linux, Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2025-38145?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2025-38145 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-38145 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Debian Debian Linux
Sources
Also known as AZL-64607, BELL-CVE-2025-38145, DEBIAN-CVE-2025-38145, GHSA-4fm6-3wmj-6h3q, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2025-38145, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2025-38145 and 3 more.