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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: backlight: pm8941: Add NULL check in wled_configure() devm_kasprintf() returns NULL when memory allocation fails. Currently, wled_configure() does not check for this case, which results in a NULL pointer dereference. Add NULL check after devm_kasprintf() to prevent this issue.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2025-04-16 | Published 2025-07-03 | Updated 2026-05-11 | Assigner Linux

Product status

Default status
unaffected

f86b77583d88c8402e8d89a339d96f847318f8a8 (git) before 6a56446595730a5e3f06a30902e23cb037d28146
affected

f86b77583d88c8402e8d89a339d96f847318f8a8 (git) before 9d06ac32c202142da40904180f2669ed4f5073ac
affected

f86b77583d88c8402e8d89a339d96f847318f8a8 (git) before 21528806560510458378ea52c37e35b0773afaea
affected

f86b77583d88c8402e8d89a339d96f847318f8a8 (git) before fde314445332015273c8f51d2659885c606fe135
affected

f86b77583d88c8402e8d89a339d96f847318f8a8 (git) before 1be2000b703b02e149f8f2061054489f6c18c972
affected

f86b77583d88c8402e8d89a339d96f847318f8a8 (git) before 4a715be3fe80b68fa55cb3569af3d294be101626
affected

f86b77583d88c8402e8d89a339d96f847318f8a8 (git) before e12d3e1624a02706cdd3628bbf5668827214fa33
affected

Default status
affected

5.0
affected

Any version before 5.0
unaffected

5.10.239 (semver)
unaffected

5.15.186 (semver)
unaffected

6.1.142 (semver)
unaffected

6.6.94 (semver)
unaffected

6.12.34 (semver)
unaffected

6.15.3 (semver)
unaffected

6.16 (original_commit_for_fix)
unaffected

References

lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html

lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html

git.kernel.org/...c/6a56446595730a5e3f06a30902e23cb037d28146

git.kernel.org/...c/9d06ac32c202142da40904180f2669ed4f5073ac

git.kernel.org/...c/21528806560510458378ea52c37e35b0773afaea

git.kernel.org/...c/fde314445332015273c8f51d2659885c606fe135

git.kernel.org/...c/1be2000b703b02e149f8f2061054489f6c18c972

git.kernel.org/...c/4a715be3fe80b68fa55cb3569af3d294be101626

git.kernel.org/...c/e12d3e1624a02706cdd3628bbf5668827214fa33

cve.org (CVE-2025-38143)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2025-38143)

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