CVE-2025-38645
Estado: AnalizadaMedia (5.5)—
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net/mlx5: Check device memory pointer before usage
Add a NULL check before accessing device memory to prevent a crash if dev->dm allocation in mlx5_init_once() fails.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Puntuación base: 5.5
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.16%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 5
- Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (2)
CWE
- CWE-476
Referencias
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3046b011d368162b1b9ca9453eee0fea930e0a93
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4249f1307932f1b6bbb8b7eba60d82f0b7e44430
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/62d7cf455c887941ed6f105cd430ba04ee0b6c9f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/70f238c902b8c0461ae6fbb8d1a0bbddc4350eea
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9053a69abfb5680c2a95292b96df5d204bc0776f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/da899a1fd7c40e2e4302af1db7d0b8540fb22283
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eebb225fe6c9103293807b8edabcbad59f9589bc
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html
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