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CVE-2025-38145: soc: aspeed: Add NULL check in aspeed_lpc_enable_snoop()

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-07-03 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-476

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: soc: aspeed: Add NULL check in aspeed_lpc_enable_snoop() devm_kasprintf() returns NULL when memory allocation fails. Currently, aspeed_lpc_enable_snoop() does not check for this case, which results in a NULL pointer dereference. Add NULL check after devm_kasprintf() to prevent this issue. [arj: Fix Fixes: tag to use subject from 3772e5da4454]

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 11.0
• Linux kernel: from 4.19 before 5.4.295; from 5.5 before 5.10.239; from 5.11 before 5.15.186; from 5.16 before 6.1.142; from 6.2 before 6.6.94; from 6.7 before 6.12.34 — fixed in 5.10.239, 5.15.186, 5.4.295, 6.1.142, 6.12.34, 6.15.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 5.10.239, 5.15.186, 5.4.295, 6.1.142. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1fd889c145722579aa038c31cbc07cfdd4d75166
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2beee9cf833374550e673d428ad8b6ab37c175b3
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/45b2e8b0fdd280aba04c3cc869e9ae500c44e4b7
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8312b1f776f71979bf33bda7acc05b348e8792c7
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c550999f939b529d28a914d5034cc4290066aea6
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d62a589eaaec6385e3e2b25cf5a28b4560ace93f
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f1706e0e1a74b095cbc60375b9b1e6205f5f4c98
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f697ef117ecbf3a367dfc559a6a3589905956530
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html

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