CVE-2025-38265 serial: jsm: fix NPE during jsm_uart_port_init
A null pointer dereference in the Linux kernel jsm serial driver causes a system crash during device initialization, leading to denial of service.
- 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-2025-38265?
CVE-2025-38265 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 10 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:
serial: jsm: fix NPE during jsm_uart_port_init
No device was set which caused serial_base_ctrl_add to crash.
BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000050 Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI CPU: 16 UID: 0 PID: 368 Comm: (udev-worker) Not tainted 6.12.25-amd64 #1 Debian 6.12.25-1 RIP: 0010:serial_base_ctrl_add+0x96/0x120 Call Trace: <TASK> serial_core_register_port+0x1a0/0x580 ? __setup_irq+0x39c/0x660 ? __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x111/0x310 jsm_uart_port_init+0xe8/0x180 [jsm] jsm_probe_one+0x1f4/0x410 [jsm] local_pci_probe+0x42/0x90 pci_device_probe+0x22f/0x270 really_probe+0xdb/0x340 ? pm_runtime_barrier+0x54/0x90 ? __pfx___driver_attach+0x10/0x10 __driver_probe_device+0x78/0x110 driver_probe_device+0x1f/0xa0 __driver_attach+0xba/0x1c0 bus_for_each_dev+0x8c/0xe0 bus_add_driver+0x112/0x1f0 driver_register+0x72/0xd0 jsm_init_module+0x36/0xff0 [jsm] ? __pfx_jsm_init_module+0x10/0x10 [jsm] do_one_initcall+0x58/0x310 do_init_module+0x60/0x230
Tested with Digi Neo PCIe 8 port card.
Weakness: CWE-476
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-38265?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2025-38265?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2025-38265 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-38265 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as AZL-64904, BELL-CVE-2025-38265, DEBIAN-CVE-2025-38265, GHSA-r57g-7w2j-cxmf, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2404-CVE-2025-38265, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38265.