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CVE-2025-38609

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CVE-2025-38609

Published: Aug 19, 2025

Modified: May 11, 2026

PUBLISHED

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: PM / devfreq: Check governor before using governor->name Commit 96ffcdf239de ("PM / devfreq: Remove redundant governor_name from struct devfreq") removes governor_name and uses governor->name to replace it. But devfreq->governor may be NULL and directly using devfreq->governor->name may cause null pointer exception. Move the check of governor to before using governor->name.

VendorProductVersions

Linux

Linux

affected
96ffcdf239de6f9970178bb7d643e16fd9e68ab9 - < f0479e878d4beb45e73c03e574c59f0a23ccd176
affected
96ffcdf239de6f9970178bb7d643e16fd9e68ab9 - < 631e101728df2a86b8fb761b49fad9712c651f8a
affected
96ffcdf239de6f9970178bb7d643e16fd9e68ab9 - < 81f50619370045120c133bfdda5b320c8c97d41e
affected
96ffcdf239de6f9970178bb7d643e16fd9e68ab9 - < d5632359dbc44862fc1ed04093c1f57529830261
affected
96ffcdf239de6f9970178bb7d643e16fd9e68ab9 - < 2731c68f536fddcb71332db7f8d78c5eb4684c04

+2 more versions

Linux

Linux

affected
5.11
unaffected
0 - < 5.11
unaffected
5.15.190 - <= 5.15.*
unaffected
6.1.148 - <= 6.1.*
unaffected
6.6.102 - <= 6.6.*

+4 more versions

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