CVE-2025-38609

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38609
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-38609.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2025-38609
Downstream
Related
Published
2025-08-19T17:03:52.542Z
Modified
2026-03-12T02:16:12.166380Z
Summary
PM / devfreq: Check governor before using governor->name
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

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

Commit 96ffcdf239de ("PM / devfreq: Remove redundant governorname from struct devfreq") removes governorname 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.

Database specific 
{
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/38xxx/CVE-2025-38609.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
96ffcdf239de6f9970178bb7d643e16fd9e68ab9
Fixed
f0479e878d4beb45e73c03e574c59f0a23ccd176
Fixed
631e101728df2a86b8fb761b49fad9712c651f8a
Fixed
81f50619370045120c133bfdda5b320c8c97d41e
Fixed
d5632359dbc44862fc1ed04093c1f57529830261
Fixed
2731c68f536fddcb71332db7f8d78c5eb4684c04
Fixed
75323a49aa603cf5484a6d74d0d329e86d756e11
Fixed
bab7834c03820eb11269bc48f07c3800192460d2

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-38609.json"