CVE-2025-38583

Medium

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: clk: xilinx: vcu: unregister pll_post only if registered correctly If registration of pll_post is failed, it will be set to NULL or ERR, unregistering same will fail with following call trace: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 008 pc : clk_hw_unregister+0xc/0x20 lr : clk_hw_unregister_fixed_factor+0x18/0x30 sp : ffff800011923850 ... Call trace: clk_hw_unregister+0xc/0x20 clk_hw_unregister_fixed_factor+0x18/0x30 xvcu_unregister_clock_provider+0xcc/0xf4 [xlnx_vcu] xvcu_probe+0x2bc/0x53c [xlnx_vcu]

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.5
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux Kernel
PublishedAug 19, 2025
First seenAug 19, 2025

How to fix

Update
  • linux linux_kernel5.15.190, 6.1.148, 6.6.102, 6.12.42, 6.15.10, 6.16.1 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux linux_kernel5.12 ≤ v < 5.15.190, 5.16 ≤ v < 6.1.148, 6.2 ≤ v < 6.6.102, 6.7 ≤ v < 6.12.42, 6.13 ≤ v < 6.15.10, 6.16 ≤ v < 6.16.15.15.190, 6.1.148, 6.6.102, 6.12.42, 6.15.10, 6.16.1
debian debian_linux11.0—

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