CVE-2025-38630
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fbdev: imxfb: Check fb_add_videomode to prevent null-ptr-deref fb_add_videomode() can fail with -ENOMEM when its internal kmalloc() cannot allocate a struct fb_modelist.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.17%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fbdev: imxfb: Check fb_add_videomode to prevent null-ptr-deref fb_add_videomode() can fail with -ENOMEM when its internal kmalloc() cannot allocate a struct fb_modelist. If that happens, the modelist stays empty but the driver continues to register. Add a check for its return value to prevent poteintial null-ptr-deref, which is similar to the commit 17186f1f90d3 ("fbdev: Fix do_register_framebuffer to prevent null-ptr-deref in fb_videomode_to_var").
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.17% probability · 6th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-476
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel · debian/debian linux
- Source
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/40f0a51f6c54d46a94b9f1180339ede7ca7ee190Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/49377bac9e3bec1635065a033c9679214fe7593ePatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b5d36cc3014986e6fac12eaa8433fe56801d4cePatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/69373502c2b5d364842c702c941d1171e4f35a7cPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ac16154cccda8be10ee3ae188f10a06f3890bc5dPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cca8f5a3991916729b39d797d01499c335137319Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/da11e6a30e0bb8e911288bdc443b3dc8f6a7cac7Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f00c29e6755ead56baf2a9c1d3c4c0bb40af3612Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f060441c153495750804133555cf0a211a856892Patch
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.htmlThird Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.