GHSA-gw2c-4fx4-rq5x

GHSA-gw2c-4fx4-rq5x PUBLISHED CVSS 8.699999809265137 HIGH

Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published December 4, 2025

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hwmon: (cgbc-hwmon) Add missing NULL check after devm_kzalloc() The driver allocates memory for sensor data using devm_kzalloc(), but did not check if the allocation succeeded. In case of memory allocation failure, dereferencing the NULL pointer would lead to a kernel crash. Add a NULL pointer check and return -ENOMEM to handle allocation failure properly.

Risk scores

CVSS 4.0

8.699999809265137

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Timeline

Dec 4, 2025 CVE Published
May 1, 2026 Security Advisory

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