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pm: cpupower: bench: Prevent NULL dereference on malloc failure
Type: advisorySources: OSV
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: pm: cpupower: bench: Prevent NULL dereference on malloc failure If malloc returns NULL due to low memory, 'config' pointer can be NULL. Add a check to prevent NULL dereference.
- Products
- Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 5.10.237, 5.15.181, 5.4.293, 6.1.135, 6.12.24, 6.13.12, 6.14.3, 6.6.88
- CVEs
- CVE-2025-37841
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 8 Nov 2026, 00:38 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
pm: cpupower: bench: Prevent NULL dereference on malloc failure
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 9 May 2025, 06:41 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: pm: cpupower: bench: Prevent NULL dereference on malloc failure If malloc returns NULL due to low memory, 'config' pointer can be NULL. Add a check to prevent NULL dereference.
osv:CVE-2025-37841
Kernel
Fixed versions: 5.4.293, 5.10.237, 5.15.181, 6.1.135, 6.6.88, 6.12.24, 6.13.12, 6.14.3
Complete source record
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