Public vulnerability disclosure

CVE-2025-38265

serial: jsm: fix NPE during jsm_uart_port_init

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: serial: jsm: fix NPE during jsm_uart_port_init No device was set which caused serial_base_ctrl_add to crash. BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000050 Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI CPU: 16 UID: 0 PID: 368 Comm: (udev-worker) Not tainted 6.12.25-amd64 #1 Debian 6.12.25-1 RIP: 0010:serial_base_ctrl_add+0x96/0x120 Call Trace: <TASK> serial_core_register_port+0x1a0/0x580 ? __setup_irq+0x39c/0x660 ? __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x111/0x310 jsm_uart_port_init+0xe8/0x180 [jsm] jsm_probe_one+0x1f4/0x410 [jsm] local_pci_probe+0x42/0x90 pci_device_probe+0x22f/0x270 really_probe+0xdb/0x340 ? pm_runtime_barrier+0x54/0x90 ? __pfx___driver_attach+0x10/0x10 __driver_probe_device+0x78/0x110 driver_probe_device+0x1f/0xa0 __driver_attach+0xba/0x1c0 bus_for_each_dev+0x8c/0xe0 bus_add_driver+0x112/0x1f0 driver_register+0x72/0xd0 jsm_init_module+0x36/0xff0 [jsm] ? __pfx_jsm_init_module+0x10/0x10 [jsm] do_one_initcall+0x58/0x310 do_init_module+0x60/0x230 Tested with Digi Neo PCIe 8 port card.

Technical severityUnscoredNo score in collected sources
Published2025-07-10Source updated 2026-11-05
Collected2026-11-052 attributed sources

Fixes and workarounds

No remediation reported in collected sources.

Missing remediation information is not evidence that no patch exists.

Affected products and versions

Affected products, source version ranges and reporting authorities
ProductVersionsAuthority
Linux
Linux
≥ 84a9582fd203063cd4d301204971ff2cd8327f1a; < 3258d7ff8ebfa451426662b23e8f2b51b129afe1 (affected, git)
≥ 84a9582fd203063cd4d301204971ff2cd8327f1a; < 985961dd2688a527a4847300d41beaad475ab7af (affected, git)
≥ 84a9582fd203063cd4d301204971ff2cd8327f1a; < a14c0d2eb3f0b1836fdec22908b87ecffd2ac844 (affected, git)
≥ 84a9582fd203063cd4d301204971ff2cd8327f1a; < abaecb2a4ad021c2f2426e9b2a9c020aef57aca9 (affected, git)
≥ 84a9582fd203063cd4d301204971ff2cd8327f1a; < e3975aa899c0a3bbc10d035e699b142cd1373a71 (affected, git)
Other versions: unaffected
CNA: Linux
Linux
Linux
6.5 (affected)
≥ 0; < 6.5 (unaffected, semver)
≥ 6.6.94; ≤ 6.6.* (unaffected, semver)
≥ 6.12.33; ≤ 6.12.* (unaffected, semver)
≥ 6.14.11; ≤ 6.14.* (unaffected, semver)
≥ 6.15.2; ≤ 6.15.* (unaffected, semver)
≥ 6.16; ≤ * (unaffected, original_commit_for_fix)
Other versions: affected
CNA: Linux

Version ranges are source assertions. Check the vendor advisory and your installed configuration before determining exposure.

CVSS assessments

No CVSS assessment reported. An unscored record is not a low-severity determination.

Exploit evidence

No exploit evidence in collected sources. This is not proof of no exploitation.

References

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