{"cve":"CVE-2025-38265","nvd":{"published":"2025-07-10T08:15:24.600","modified":"2026-06-17T09:16:30.740","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nserial: jsm: fix NPE during jsm_uart_port_init\n\nNo device was set which caused serial_base_ctrl_add to crash.\n\n BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000050\n Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI\n CPU: 16 UID: 0 PID: 368 Comm: (udev-worker) Not tainted 6.12.25-amd64 #1  Debian 6.12.25-1\n RIP: 0010:serial_base_ctrl_add+0x96/0x120\n Call Trace:\n  <TASK>\n  serial_core_register_port+0x1a0/0x580\n  ? __setup_irq+0x39c/0x660\n  ? __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x111/0x310\n  jsm_uart_port_init+0xe8/0x180 [jsm]\n  jsm_probe_one+0x1f4/0x410 [jsm]\n  local_pci_probe+0x42/0x90\n  pci_device_probe+0x22f/0x270\n  really_probe+0xdb/0x340\n  ? pm_runtime_barrier+0x54/0x90\n  ? __pfx___driver_attach+0x10/0x10\n  __driver_probe_device+0x78/0x110\n  driver_probe_device+0x1f/0xa0\n  __driver_attach+0xba/0x1c0\n  bus_for_each_dev+0x8c/0xe0\n  bus_add_driver+0x112/0x1f0\n  driver_register+0x72/0xd0\n  jsm_init_module+0x36/0xff0 [jsm]\n  ? __pfx_jsm_init_module+0x10/0x10 [jsm]\n  do_one_initcall+0x58/0x310\n  do_init_module+0x60/0x230\n\nTested with Digi Neo PCIe 8 port card.","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/3258d7ff8ebfa451426662b23e8f2b51b129afe1","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/985961dd2688a527a4847300d41beaad475ab7af","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a14c0d2eb3f0b1836fdec22908b87ecffd2ac844","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/abaecb2a4ad021c2f2426e9b2a9c020aef57aca9","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e3975aa899c0a3bbc10d035e699b142cd1373a71"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:04:28.436527499+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-38265","score":0.00189,"percentile":0.08519,"date":"2026-10-31"},"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."]}