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DEBIAN-CVE-2025-39937

DEBIAN-CVE-2025-39937 PUBLISHED CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: rfkill: gpio: Fix crash due to dereferencering uninitialized pointer Since commit 7d5e9737efda ("net: rfkill: gpio: get the name and type from device property") rfkill_find_type() gets called with the possibly uninitialized "const char *type_name;" local variable. On x86 systems when rfkill-gpio binds to a "BCM4752" or "LNV4752" acpi_device, the rfkill->type is set based on the ACPI acpi_device_id: rfkill->type = (unsigned)id->driver_data; and there is no "type" property so device_property_read_string() will fail and leave type_name uninitialized, leading to a potential crash. rfkill_find_type() does accept a NULL pointer, fix the potential crash by initializing type_name to NULL. Note likely sofar this has not been caught because: 1. Not many x86 machines actually have a "BCM4752"/"LNV4752" acpi_device 2. The stack happened to contain NULL where type_name is stored

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.1
5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:12linux0, 6.1.55-1, 6.1.64-1
Debian:11linux5.10.84-1, *, 0
Debian:11linux-6.16.1.153-1~deb11u1, 0, 6.1.106-3
Debian:13linux6.12.38-1, 6.12.43-1~bpo12+1, 6.12.48-1
Debian:14linux6.12.74-2, 6.12.74-1, 6.12.73-1

Timeline

  • Oct 4, 2025 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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