{"cve":"CVE-2025-68238","nvd":{"published":"2025-12-16T14:15:58.977","modified":"2026-10-14T13:10:00.187","status":"Deferred","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmtd: rawnand: cadence: fix DMA device NULL pointer dereference\n\nThe DMA device pointer `dma_dev` was being dereferenced before ensuring\nthat `cdns_ctrl->dmac` is properly initialized.\n\nMove the assignment of `dma_dev` after successfully acquiring the DMA\nchannel to ensure the pointer is valid before use.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c2a43cb43786011b48eeab6093db14888258c6b","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c635241a62f2f5da1b48bfffae226d1f86a76ef","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2178b0255eae108bb10e5e99658b28641bc06f43","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5c56bf214af85ca042bf97f8584aab2151035840","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9c58c64ec41290c12490ca7e1df45013fbbb41fd"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:17:07.138532058+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-68238","score":0.00191,"percentile":0.08665,"date":"2026-10-26"},"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."]}