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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-38630

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fbdev: imxfb: Check fb_add_videomode to prevent null-ptr-deref fb_add_videomode() can fail with -ENOMEM when its

Published Aug 22, 2025 · catalog updated May 11, 2026 · Linux Linux

Check this week

CVE-2025-38630 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 1b6c79361ba5ce30b40f0f7d6fc2421dc5fcbe0c <ac16154cccda8be10ee3ae188f10a06f3890bc5d

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fbdev: imxfb: Check fb_add_videomode to prevent null-ptr-deref fb_add_videomode() can fail with -ENOMEM when its internal kmalloc() cannot allocate a struct fb_modelist. If that happens, the modelist stays empty but the driver continues to register. Add a check for its return value to prevent poteintial null-ptr-deref, which is similar to the commit 17186f1f90d3 ("fbdev: Fix do_register_framebuffer to prevent null-ptr-deref in fb_videomode_to_var").

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  • vendor Linux Linux 1b6c79361ba5ce30b40f0f7d6fc2421dc5fcbe0c <ac16154cccda8be10ee3ae188f10a06f3890bc5d1b6c79361ba5ce30b40f0f7d6fc2421dc5fcbe0c <ac16154cccda8be10ee3ae188f10a06f3890bc5d

How to fix CVE-2025-38630

What to do

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

Should you patch?

CVE-2025-38630 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 1b6c79361ba5ce30b40f0f7d6fc2421dc5fcbe0c <ac16154cccda8be10ee3ae188f10a06f3890bc5d 1b6c79361ba5ce30b40f0f7d6fc2421dc5fcbe0c <ac16154cccda8be10ee3ae188f10a06f3890bc5d. 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 22, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fbdev: imxfb: Check fb_add_videomode to prevent null-ptr-deref fb_add_videomode() can fail with -ENOMEM when its internal kmalloc() cannot allocate a struct fb_modelist. If that happens, the modelist stays empty but the driver continues to register. Add a check for its return value to prevent poteintial null-ptr-deref, which is si

  2. May 11, 2026 · EUVD

    Updated

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fbdev: imxfb: Check fb_add_videomode to prevent null-ptr-deref fb_add_videomode() can fail with -ENOMEM when its internal kmalloc() cannot allocate a struct fb_modelist. If that happens, the modelist stays empty but the driver continues to register. Add a check for its return value to prevent poteintial null-ptr-deref, which is si

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-38630

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-25571

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fbdev: imxfb: Check fb_add_videomode to prevent null-ptr-deref fb_add_videomode() can fail with -ENOMEM when its internal kmalloc() cannot allocate a struct fb_modelist. If that happens, the modelist stays empty

    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.