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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-38557

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: HID: apple: validate feature-report field count to prevent NULL pointer dereference A malicious HID device with

Published Aug 19, 2025 · catalog updated May 11, 2026 · Linux Linux

Check this week

CVE-2025-38557 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 17.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run Linux Linux.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
None0.0
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
17.00%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
vendor Linux Linux 394ba612f9419ec5bfebbffb72212fd3b2094986 <00896c3f41cb6b74fec853386076115ba50baf0a

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: HID: apple: validate feature-report field count to prevent NULL pointer dereference A malicious HID device with quirk APPLE_MAGIC_BACKLIGHT can trigger a NULL pointer dereference whilst the power feature-report is toggled and sent to the device in apple_magic_backlight_report_set(). The power feature-report is expected to have two data fields, but if the descriptor declares one field then accessing field[1] and dereferencing it in apple_magic_backlight_report_set() becomes invalid since field[1] will be NULL. An example of a m

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  • vendor Linux Linux 394ba612f9419ec5bfebbffb72212fd3b2094986 <00896c3f41cb6b74fec853386076115ba50baf0a394ba612f9419ec5bfebbffb72212fd3b2094986 <00896c3f41cb6b74fec853386076115ba50baf0a

How to fix CVE-2025-38557

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2025-38557 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 17.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run Linux Linux.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with Linux Linux 394ba612f9419ec5bfebbffb72212fd3b2094986 <00896c3f41cb6b74fec853386076115ba50baf0a 394ba612f9419ec5bfebbffb72212fd3b2094986 <00896c3f41cb6b74fec853386076115ba50baf0a. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 17.00%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

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Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Aug 19, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: HID: apple: validate feature-report field count to prevent NULL pointer dereference A malicious HID device with quirk APPLE_MAGIC_BACKLIGHT can trigger a NULL pointer dereference whilst the power feature-report is toggled and sent to the device in apple_magic_backlight_report_set(). The power feature-report is expected to have two

  2. May 11, 2026 · EUVD

    Updated

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: HID: apple: validate feature-report field count to prevent NULL pointer dereference A malicious HID device with quirk APPLE_MAGIC_BACKLIGHT can trigger a NULL pointer dereference whilst the power feature-report is toggled and sent to the device in apple_magic_backlight_report_set(). The power feature-report is expected to have two

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-38557

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-27900

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: HID: apple: validate feature-report field count to prevent NULL pointer dereference A malicious HID device with quirk APPLE_MAGIC_BACKLIGHT can trigger a NULL pointer dereference whilst the power feature-report i

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog May 11, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.