#VU120049 NULL pointer dereference in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-68238
Published: December 16, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU120049
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-68238
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Software vendor:
Linux Foundation
Linux Foundation
Description
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to NULL pointer dereference within the cadence_nand_irq_cleanup() and cadence_nand_init() functions in drivers/mtd/nand/raw/cadence-nand-controller.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's repository.
External links
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c2a43cb43786011b48eeab6093db14888258c6b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c635241a62f2f5da1b48bfffae226d1f86a76ef
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2178b0255eae108bb10e5e99658b28641bc06f43
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5c56bf214af85ca042bf97f8584aab2151035840
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9c58c64ec41290c12490ca7e1df45013fbbb41fd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b146e0b085d9d6bfe838e0a15481cba7d093c67f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e282a4fdf3c6ee842a720010a8b5f7d77bedd126