CVE-2025-68238

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mtd: rawnand: cadence: fix DMA device NULL pointer dereference The DMA device pointer `dma_dev` was being dereferenced before ensuring that `cdns_ctrl->dmac` is properly initialized. Move the assignment of `dma_dev` after successfully acquiring the DMA channel to ensure the pointer is valid before use.

EPSS

0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 8% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

Published

2025-12-16

Modified

2026-10-14

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

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

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