CVE-2025-38609

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.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
LinuxLinux96ffcdf239de6f9970178bb7d643e16fd9e68ab9 < f0479e878d4beb45e73c03e574c59f0a23ccd176affected
LinuxLinux96ffcdf239de6f9970178bb7d643e16fd9e68ab9 < 631e101728df2a86b8fb761b49fad9712c651f8aaffected
LinuxLinux96ffcdf239de6f9970178bb7d643e16fd9e68ab9 < 81f50619370045120c133bfdda5b320c8c97d41eaffected
LinuxLinux96ffcdf239de6f9970178bb7d643e16fd9e68ab9 < d5632359dbc44862fc1ed04093c1f57529830261affected
LinuxLinux96ffcdf239de6f9970178bb7d643e16fd9e68ab9 < 2731c68f536fddcb71332db7f8d78c5eb4684c04affected
LinuxLinux96ffcdf239de6f9970178bb7d643e16fd9e68ab9 < 75323a49aa603cf5484a6d74d0d329e86d756e11affected
LinuxLinux96ffcdf239de6f9970178bb7d643e16fd9e68ab9 < bab7834c03820eb11269bc48f07c3800192460d2affected
LinuxLinux5.11affected
LinuxLinux0 < 5.11unaffected
LinuxLinux5.15.190 <= 5.15.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.1.148 <= 6.1.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.6.102 <= 6.6.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.12.42 <= 6.12.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.15.10 <= 6.15.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.16.1 <= 6.16.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.17 <= *unaffected

Weaknesses

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