Vulnerability · CVE-2025-38634
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: power: supply: cpcap-charger: Fix null check for power_supply_get_by_name In the cpcap_usb_detect() function, th
Published Aug 22, 2025 · catalog updated May 11, 2026 · Linux Linux
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CVE-2025-38634 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 16.00% 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
- 16.00%
- Remediation
- Version ranges on file
- Affected products
- vendor Linux Linux eab4e6d953c1059a30ac0f15826abc7dd2374d3c <27001e4f146624c4b3389b029bdc0f8049819560
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: power: supply: cpcap-charger: Fix null check for power_supply_get_by_name In the cpcap_usb_detect() function, the power_supply_get_by_name() function may return instead of an error pointer. To prevent potential null pointer dereferences, Added a null check.
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- vendor Linux Linux eab4e6d953c1059a30ac0f15826abc7dd2374d3c <27001e4f146624c4b3389b029bdc0f8049819560eab4e6d953c1059a30ac0f15826abc7dd2374d3c <27001e4f146624c4b3389b029bdc0f8049819560
How to fix CVE-2025-38634
Recommended remediation
Affected version ranges suggest a fixed boundary. Verify against the vendor advisory for your release.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
CVE-2025-38634 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 16.00% 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 eab4e6d953c1059a30ac0f15826abc7dd2374d3c <27001e4f146624c4b3389b029bdc0f8049819560 eab4e6d953c1059a30ac0f15826abc7dd2374d3c <27001e4f146624c4b3389b029bdc0f8049819560. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
No weakness class is stored. EPSS 16.00%. 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.
Aug 22, 2025 · EUVD
Detected
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: power: supply: cpcap-charger: Fix null check for power_supply_get_by_name In the cpcap_usb_detect() function, the power_supply_get_by_name() function may return instead of an error pointer. To prevent potential null pointer dereferences, Added a null check.
May 11, 2026 · EUVD
Updated
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: power: supply: cpcap-charger: Fix null check for power_supply_get_by_name In the cpcap_usb_detect() function, the power_supply_get_by_name() function may return instead of an error pointer. To prevent potential null pointer dereferences, Added a null check.
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-38634
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-25567
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: power: supply: cpcap-charger: Fix null check for power_supply_get_by_name In the cpcap_usb_detect() function, the power_supply_get_by_name() function may return instead of an error pointer. To prevent potential n
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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.