CVE-2025-38602
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 5.5 · CWE-252
5.5CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredLow
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)0%
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products we track (2)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e9f85ee3b46453a2f250a57d3a9f10c70c71202 ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e9f85ee3b46453a2f250a57d3a9f10c70c71202Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6663c52608d8d8727bf1911e6d9218069ba1c85ePatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/70a1b527eaea9430b1bd87de59f3b9f6bd225701Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7dd6350307af6521b6240b295c93b7eec4daebe6Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/90a0d9f339960448a3acc1437a46730f975efd6aPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b398120fbe0acfef60b16f6a0f69902d385d7728Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c0e43c3f6c0a79381b468574c241065998412b7cPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c80832d445653baba5ac80cd2c2637c437ac881bPatch