CVE-2025-38543 drm/tegra: nvdec: Fix dma_alloc_coherent error check

What is CVE-2025-38543?

CVE-2025-38543 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 16 Aug 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:

drm/tegra: nvdec: Fix dma_alloc_coherent error check

Check for NULL return value with dma_alloc_coherent, in line with Robin's fix for vic.c in 'drm/tegra: vic: Fix DMA API misuse'.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-38543?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2025-38543?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2025-38543 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-38543 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as BELL-CVE-2025-38543, DEBIAN-CVE-2025-38543, GHSA-9w4m-fr9r-hh23, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2025-38543, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-13-CVE-2025-38543, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2404-CVE-2025-38543 and 1 more.