CVE-2025-38609 (GCVE-0-2025-38609)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-08-19 17:03 – Updated: 2026-05-11 21:31
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Title
PM / devfreq: Check governor before using governor->name
Summary
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.
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Linux Linux Affected: 96ffcdf239de6f9970178bb7d643e16fd9e68ab9 , < f0479e878d4beb45e73c03e574c59f0a23ccd176 (git)
Affected: 96ffcdf239de6f9970178bb7d643e16fd9e68ab9 , < 631e101728df2a86b8fb761b49fad9712c651f8a (git)
Affected: 96ffcdf239de6f9970178bb7d643e16fd9e68ab9 , < 81f50619370045120c133bfdda5b320c8c97d41e (git)
Affected: 96ffcdf239de6f9970178bb7d643e16fd9e68ab9 , < d5632359dbc44862fc1ed04093c1f57529830261 (git)
Affected: 96ffcdf239de6f9970178bb7d643e16fd9e68ab9 , < 2731c68f536fddcb71332db7f8d78c5eb4684c04 (git)
Affected: 96ffcdf239de6f9970178bb7d643e16fd9e68ab9 , < 75323a49aa603cf5484a6d74d0d329e86d756e11 (git)
Affected: 96ffcdf239de6f9970178bb7d643e16fd9e68ab9 , < bab7834c03820eb11269bc48f07c3800192460d2 (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 5.11
Unaffected: 0 , < 5.11 (semver)
Unaffected: 5.15.190 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.1.148 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.6.102 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.42 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.15.10 , ≤ 6.15.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.16.1 , ≤ 6.16.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.17 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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