vulnerability
Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2025-38134): Linux kernel vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Jul 3, 2025 | Jul 7, 2025 | Dec 5, 2025 |
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
usb: acpi: Prevent null pointer dereference in usb_acpi_add_usb4_devlink()
As demonstrated by the fix for update_port_device_state,
commit 12783c0b9e2c ("usb: core: Prevent null pointer dereference in update_port_device_state"),
usb_hub_to_struct_hub() can return NULL in certain scenarios,
such as during hub driver unbind or teardown race conditions,
even if the underlying usb_device structure exists.
Plus, all other places that call usb_hub_to_struct_hub() in the same file
do check for NULL return values.
If usb_hub_to_struct_hub() returns NULL, the subsequent access to
hub->ports[udev->portnum - 1] will cause a null pointer dereference.
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