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CVE-2025-38609

PM / devfreq: Check governor before using governor->name

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Linux

Description

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 products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Linux Linux

Default version status: unaffected

  • 96ffcdf239de6f9970178bb7d643e16fd9e68ab9 to < f0479e878d4beb45e73c03e574c59f0a23ccd176affected
  • 96ffcdf239de6f9970178bb7d643e16fd9e68ab9 to < 631e101728df2a86b8fb761b49fad9712c651f8aaffected
  • 96ffcdf239de6f9970178bb7d643e16fd9e68ab9 to < 81f50619370045120c133bfdda5b320c8c97d41eaffected
  • 96ffcdf239de6f9970178bb7d643e16fd9e68ab9 to < d5632359dbc44862fc1ed04093c1f57529830261affected
  • 96ffcdf239de6f9970178bb7d643e16fd9e68ab9 to < 2731c68f536fddcb71332db7f8d78c5eb4684c04affected
  • 96ffcdf239de6f9970178bb7d643e16fd9e68ab9 to < 75323a49aa603cf5484a6d74d0d329e86d756e11affected
  • 96ffcdf239de6f9970178bb7d643e16fd9e68ab9 to < bab7834c03820eb11269bc48f07c3800192460d2affected

Linux Linux

Default version status: affected

  • 5.11affected
  • 0 to < 5.11unaffected
  • 5.15.190 to ≤ 5.15.*unaffected
  • 6.1.148 to ≤ 6.1.*unaffected
  • 6.6.102 to ≤ 6.6.*unaffected
  • 6.12.42 to ≤ 6.12.*unaffected
  • 6.15.10 to ≤ 6.15.*unaffected
  • 6.16.1 to ≤ 6.16.*unaffected
  • 6.17 to ≤ *unaffected

References