PT-2025-8989
CVE-2025-21798
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Published
2025-01-10
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Updated
2026-10-13
Description by
CVSS 3.1
5.5
MediumMetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)
Description
A potential null dereference issue has been identified in the firewire kunit test of the Linux kernel. The
kunit kzalloc() function may return a NULL pointer, and without a proper NULL check, dereferencing it could lead to a null dereference. This issue is resolved by adding a NULL check for test state.Recommendations
For the affected Linux kernel version, add a NULL check for
test state to prevent potential null dereference.Exploitability
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