CVE-2025-38645
Not scored
net/mlx5: Check device memory pointer before usage
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5: Check device memory pointer before usage Add a NULL check before accessing device memory to prevent a crash if dev->dm allocation in mlx5_init_once() fails.
Exploit probability
0.2%
Published
August 22, 2025
Required by
Not available
Last source change
August 12, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2025-38645
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5: Check device memory pointer before usage Add a NULL check before accessing device memory to prevent a crash if dev->dm allocation in mlx5_init_once() fails.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3046b011d368162b1b9ca9453eee0fea930e0a93
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4249f1307932f1b6bbb8b7eba60d82f0b7e44430
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/62d7cf455c887941ed6f105cd430ba04ee0b6c9f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/70f238c902b8c0461ae6fbb8d1a0bbddc4350eea
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9053a69abfb5680c2a95292b96df5d204bc0776f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/da899a1fd7c40e2e4302af1db7d0b8540fb22283
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eebb225fe6c9103293807b8edabcbad59f9589bc
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/38xxx/CVE-2025-38645.json
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-38645