{"cve":"CVE-2025-38610","nvd":{"published":"2025-08-19T17:15:39.490","modified":"2026-06-17T09:17:12.730","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\npowercap: dtpm_cpu: Fix NULL pointer dereference in get_pd_power_uw()\n\nThe get_pd_power_uw() function can crash with a NULL pointer dereference\nwhen em_cpu_get() returns NULL. This occurs when a CPU becomes impossible\nduring runtime, causing get_cpu_device() to return NULL, which propagates\nthrough em_cpu_get() and leads to a crash when em_span_cpus() dereferences\nthe NULL pointer.\n\nAdd a NULL check after em_cpu_get() and return 0 if unavailable,\nmatching the existing fallback behavior in __dtpm_cpu_setup().\n\n[ rjw: Drop an excess empty code line ]","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/27914f2b795e2b58e9506f281dcdd98fef09d3c2","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/27e0318f0ea69fcfa32228847debc384ade14578","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2fd001a0075ac01dc64a28a8e21226b3d989a91d","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/46dc57406887dd02565cb264224194a6776d882b","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8374ac7d69a57d737e701a851ffe980a0d27d3ad"],"products":["debian:debian_linux","linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:07:46.309729541+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-38610","score":0.00168,"percentile":0.05998,"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."]}