{"cve":"CVE-2025-38134","nvd":{"published":"2025-07-03T09:15:27.837","modified":"2026-06-17T09:16:07.433","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nusb: acpi: Prevent null pointer dereference in usb_acpi_add_usb4_devlink()\n\nAs demonstrated by the fix for update_port_device_state,\ncommit 12783c0b9e2c (\"usb: core: Prevent null pointer dereference in update_port_device_state\"),\nusb_hub_to_struct_hub() can return NULL in certain scenarios,\nsuch as during hub driver unbind or teardown race conditions,\neven if the underlying usb_device structure exists.\n\nPlus, all other places that call usb_hub_to_struct_hub() in the same file\ndo check for NULL return values.\n\nIf usb_hub_to_struct_hub() returns NULL, the subsequent access to\nhub->ports[udev->portnum - 1] will cause a null pointer dereference.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-476"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/73fb0ec9436ae87bcae067ce35d6cdd72bade86c","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8fa544bff8466062e42949c93f3e528f4be5624b","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e3d530173b70514d4390a94f9f979acad689b70a"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:04:28.436527499+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-38134","score":0.00187,"percentile":0.08274,"date":"2026-11-01"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}