Bug 2389474 (CVE-2025-38602) - CVE-2025-38602 kernel: iwlwifi: Add missing check for alloc_ordered_workqueue
Summary: CVE-2025-38602 kernel: iwlwifi: Add missing check for alloc_ordered_workqueue
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2025-38602
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2025-08-19 18:02 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2025-08-20 11:36 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-08-19 18:02:43 UTC 
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

iwlwifi: Add missing check for alloc_ordered_workqueue

Add check for the return value of alloc_ordered_workqueue since it may
return NULL pointer.
Comment 1 Alexander B 2025-08-20 10:41:36 UTC 
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025081921-CVE-2025-38602-d52f@gregkh/T
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