CVE-2025-37841

pm: cpupower: bench: Prevent NULL dereference on malloc failure

MEDIUM

5.5

CVSS Score

Published: May 9, 2025 at 06:41 AM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 09:15 AM UTC

2 products affected across 2 vendorsLinux KernelDebian Linux

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Severity

MEDIUM5.5

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.3%

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Debian Linux · Debiandrupal

95%

11.0

Linux Kernel · Linux

95%

v < 5.4.2933.1 ≤ v < 5.10.2373.1 ≤ v < 5.15.1813.1 ≤ v < 5.4.2933.1 ≤ v < 6.1.1353.1 ≤ v < 6.12.243.1 ≤ v < 6.13.123.1 ≤ v < 6.14.33.1 ≤ v < 6.153.1 ≤ v < 6.6.885.11 ≤ v < 5.15.1815.16 ≤ v < 6.1.1355.5 ≤ v < 5.10.2376.13 ≤ v < 6.13.126.14 ≤ v < 6.14.36.2 ≤ v < 6.6.886.7 ≤ v < 6.12.243.17fe2f6399a84760a9af8896ac152728250f82adb

Vendor states this is fixed in 0e297a02e03dceb2874789ca40bd4e65c5371704 (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in 208baa3ec9043a664d9acfb8174b332e6b17fb69 (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in 34a9394794b0f97af6afedc0c9ee2012c24b28ed (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in 5e38122aa3fd0f9788186e86a677925bfec0b2d1 (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in 79bded9d70142d2a11d931fc029afece471641db (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in 87b9f0867c0afa7e892f4b30c36cff6bf2707f85 (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in 942a4b97fc77516678b1d8af1521ff9a94c13b3e (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in ceec06f464d5cfc0ba966225f7d50506ceb62242 (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in f8d28fa305b78c5d1073b63f26db265ba8291ae1 (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in 3.1 (unaffected)

Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.237 (unaffected)

Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.181 (unaffected)