What is CVE-2025-38265?

CVE-2025-38265 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-07-10.

How severe is CVE-2025-38265?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

NULL pointer dereference in Linux

CVE-2025-38265

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: serial: jsm: fix NPE during jsm_uart_port_init No device was set which caused serial_base_ctrl_add to crash. BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 00000000000…

EPSS: 0.002 (5.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Linux — versions 84a9582fd203063cd4d301204971ff2cd8327f1a, 6.5, 0
Linux Linux_kernel

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-38265?: CVE-2025-38265 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-07-10.
How severe is CVE-2025-38265?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.