CVE-2025-68197 (GCVE-0-2025-68197)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-16 13:43 – Updated: 2026-05-11 21:48
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
bnxt_en: Fix null pointer dereference in bnxt_bs_trace_check_wrap()
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
bnxt_en: Fix null pointer dereference in bnxt_bs_trace_check_wrap()
With older FW, we may get the ASYNC_EVENT_CMPL_EVENT_ID_DBG_BUF_PRODUCER
for FW trace data type that has not been initialized. This will result
in a crash in bnxt_bs_trace_type_wrap(). Add a guard to check for a
valid magic_byte pointer before proceeding.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
Assigner
References
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
84fcd9449fd7882ddfb05ba64d75f9be2d29b2e9 , < 689ae5ba31293eebb7f21c0ef8939468ac72b5ce
(git)
Affected: 84fcd9449fd7882ddfb05ba64d75f9be2d29b2e9 , < ff02be05f78399c766be68ab0b2285ff90b2aaa8 (git) |
guessed | |
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
6.13
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.13 (semver) Unaffected: 6.17.8 , ≤ 6.17.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.18 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix) |
guessed |
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