media: iris: Fix NULL pointer dereference
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: iris: Fix NULL pointer dereference A warning reported by smatch indicated a possible null pointer dereference where one of the arguments to API "iris_hfi_gen2_handle_system_error" could sometimes be null. To fix this, add a check to validate that the argument passed is not null before accessing its members.
- Products
- Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 6.16.4
- CVEs
- CVE-2025-39708
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 4 Nov 2026, 17:32 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: iris: Fix NULL pointer dereference A warning reported by smatch indicated a possible null pointer dereference where one of the arguments to API "iris_hfi_gen2_handle_system_error" could sometimes be null. To fix this, add a check to validate that the argument passed is not null before accessing its members.
osv:CVE-2025-39708
Kernel
Fixed versions: 6.16.4
Complete source record
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