{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2025-38281","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","state":"PUBLISHED","assignerShortName":"Linux","dateReserved":"2025-04-16T04:51:24.000Z","datePublished":"2025-07-10T07:41:59.518Z","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T21:24:50.485Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","shortName":"Linux","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T21:24:50.485Z"},"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: mt76: mt7996: Add NULL check in mt7996_thermal_init\n\ndevm_kasprintf() can return a NULL pointer on failure,but this\nreturned value in mt7996_thermal_init() is not checked.\nAdd NULL check in mt7996_thermal_init(), to handle kernel NULL\npointer dereference error."}],"affected":[{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7996/init.c"],"versions":[{"version":"69d54ce7491d046eaae05de7fb2493319a481991","lessThan":"8340cb173750c1ea99cd643006b72f8b0e6c21f2","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"69d54ce7491d046eaae05de7fb2493319a481991","lessThan":"caf4b347c5dc40fdd125793b5e82ba9fc4de5275","status":"affected","versionType":"git"}]},{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7996/init.c"],"versions":[{"version":"6.14","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"6.14","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.15.3","lessThanOrEqual":"6.15.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.16","lessThanOrEqual":"*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}]}],"cpeApplicability":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.14","versionEndExcluding":"6.15.3"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.14","versionEndExcluding":"6.16"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8340cb173750c1ea99cd643006b72f8b0e6c21f2"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/caf4b347c5dc40fdd125793b5e82ba9fc4de5275"}],"title":"wifi: mt76: mt7996: Add NULL check in mt7996_thermal_init","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}