UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38645

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5: Check device memory pointer before usage Add a NULL check before accessing device memory to prevent a crash if dev-dm allocation in mlx5initonce fails...

CVE-2025-38645

CVE-2025-38645 affects the Linux kernel (net/mlx5). Root cause: a NULL device memory pointer (dev->dm) can be dereferenced in mlx5_init_once() if allocation fails. Fix: add a NULL check before accessing device memory to prevent a crash. Impact in docs: LOCAL attacker could crash the system; re...