PT-2025-27756 · Linux+1 · Linux Kernel+1

Published 2025-03-21 · Updated 2025-07-03 · CVE-2025-38171

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description: A vulnerability in the Linux kernel has been resolved, specifically in the power supply max77705 driver. The issue concerned error handling in the workqueue. The function create singlethread workqueue() returns NULL instead of error pointers. Additionally, the workqueue is cleaned up on error paths.

Recommendations: At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

BDU:2025-14101

CVE-2025-38171

Affected Products

Astra Linux

Linux Kernel

References · 13

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/38xxx/CVE-2025-38171.json · Exploit
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/11741b8e382d34b13277497ab91123d8b0b5c2db · Patch
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-38171 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38171 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-38171 · Vendor Advisory
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7f16be2b2927fdcfe40b596b7411c46d23a82034 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38171 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2025-14101 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-38171 · Security Note
• https://git.kernel.org/linus/11741b8e382d34b13277497ab91123d8b0b5c2db · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1940701589498393081 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1940716887035326475 · Twitter Post
• https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git · Note