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CVE-2025-38630 Detail

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fbdev: imxfb: Check fb_add_videomode to prevent null-ptr-deref fb_add_videomode() can fail with -ENOMEM when its internal kmalloc() cannot allocate a struct fb_modelist. If that happens, the modelist stays empty but the driver continues to register. Add a check for its return value to prevent poteintial null-ptr-deref, which is similar to the commit 17186f1f90d3 ("fbdev: Fix do_register_framebuffer to prevent null-ptr-deref in fb_videomode_to_var").


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/40f0a51f6c54d46a94b9f1180339ede7ca7ee190 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/49377bac9e3bec1635065a033c9679214fe7593e kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b5d36cc3014986e6fac12eaa8433fe56801d4ce kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/69373502c2b5d364842c702c941d1171e4f35a7c kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ac16154cccda8be10ee3ae188f10a06f3890bc5d kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cca8f5a3991916729b39d797d01499c335137319 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/da11e6a30e0bb8e911288bdc443b3dc8f6a7cac7 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f00c29e6755ead56baf2a9c1d3c4c0bb40af3612 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f060441c153495750804133555cf0a211a856892 kernel.org

Weakness Enumeration

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2025-38630
NVD Published Date:
08/22/2025
NVD Last Modified:
08/28/2025
Source:
kernel.org