Bug 2390374 (CVE-2025-38645) - CVE-2025-38645 kernel: net/mlx5: Check device memory pointer before usage
Summary: CVE-2025-38645 kernel: net/mlx5: Check device memory pointer before usage
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2025-38645
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2025-08-22 17:03 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2025-08-25 10:51 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-08-22 17:03:28 UTC 
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.
Comment 1 Alexander B 2025-08-25 10:41:51 UTC 
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025082235-CVE-2025-38645-8e50@gregkh/T
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