CVE-2025-38318 perf: arm-ni: Fix missing platform_set_drvdata()
A missing driver data assignment in the ARM NI perf driver causes a null pointer dereference during device removal, leading to a kernel crash.
- 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-2025-38318?
CVE-2025-38318 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:
perf: arm-ni: Fix missing platform_set_drvdata()
Add missing platform_set_drvdata in arm_ni_probe(), otherwise calling platform_get_drvdata() in remove returns NULL.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-38318?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2025-38318?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2025-38318 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-38318 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as BELL-CVE-2025-38318, DEBIAN-CVE-2025-38318, GHSA-w6x9-cv34-5r5x, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38318.