Bug 2388936 (CVE-2025-38543) - CVE-2025-38543 kernel: drm/tegra: nvdec: Fix dma_alloc_coherent error check
Summary: CVE-2025-38543 kernel: drm/tegra: nvdec: Fix dma_alloc_coherent error check
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2025-38543
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2025-08-16 12:02 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2025-08-27 16:02 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-08-16 12:02:26 UTC 
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'.
Comment 1 Mauro Matteo Cascella 2025-08-27 15:59:54 UTC 
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025081626-CVE-2025-38543-038d@gregkh/T
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