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Bluetooth: btrtl: Prevent potential NULL dereference
Type: advisorySources: OSV
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: btrtl: Prevent potential NULL dereference The btrtl_initialize() function checks that rtl_load_file() either had an error or it loaded a zero length file. However, if it loaded a zero length file then the error code is not set correctly. It results in an error pointer vs NULL bug, followed by a NULL pointer dereference. This was detected by Smatch: drivers/bluetooth/btrtl.c:592 btrtl_initialize() warn: passing zero to 'ERR_PTR'
- Products
- Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 5.10.237, 5.15.181, 5.4.293, 6.1.135, 6.12.25, 6.14.4, 6.6.88
- CVEs
- CVE-2025-37792
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 5 Nov 2026, 03:15 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Bluetooth: btrtl: Prevent potential NULL dereference
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 1 May 2025, 13:07 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: btrtl: Prevent potential NULL dereference The btrtl_initialize() function checks that rtl_load_file() either had an error or it loaded a zero length file. However, if it loaded a zero length file then the error code is not set correctly. It results in an error pointer vs NULL bug, followed by a NULL pointer dereference. This was detected by Smatch: drivers/bluetooth/btrtl.c:592 btrtl_initialize() warn: passing zero to 'ERR_PTR'
osv:CVE-2025-37792
Kernel
Fixed versions: 5.4.293, 5.10.237, 5.15.181, 6.1.135, 6.6.88, 6.12.25, 6.14.4
Complete source record
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