CVE-2025-37881: usb: gadget: aspeed: Add NULL pointer check in ast_vhub_init_dev()

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2025-05-09 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-476

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: gadget: aspeed: Add NULL pointer check in ast_vhub_init_dev() The variable d->name, returned by devm_kasprintf(), could be NULL. A pointer check is added to prevent potential NULL pointer dereference. This is similar to the fix in commit 3027e7b15b02 ("ice: Fix some null pointer dereference issues in ice_ptp.c"). This issue is found by our static analysis tool

Affected products

Debian Linux: 11.0
Linux kernel: from 4.18 before 5.4.293; from 5.5 before 5.10.237; from 5.11 before 5.15.181; from 5.16 before 6.1.136; from 6.2 before 6.6.89; from 6.7 before 6.12.26 — fixed in 5.10.237, 5.15.181, 5.4.293, 6.1.136, 6.12.26, 6.14.5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 5.10.237, 5.15.181, 5.4.293, 6.1.136. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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