thermal/drivers/broadcom: Fix potential NULL dereference in sr_thermal_probe
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: thermal/drivers/broadcom: Fix potential NULL dereference in sr_thermal_probe platform_get_resource() may return NULL, add proper check to avoid potential NULL dereferencing.
- Published
- Feb 26, 2025
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.3% · 17th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-476
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Report tools
Action score
22
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 22 / 40 · 5.5 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.3%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| linux | linux kernel | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- linux linux kernel5.1 and later · before 5.4.198
- linux linux kernel5.5 and later · before 5.10.121
- linux linux kernel5.11 and later · before 5.15.46
- linux linux kernel5.16 and later · before 5.17.14
- linux linux kernel5.18 and later · before 5.18.3
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Linux). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Linux Linux
- 5.1affected
- 250e211057c7237dc75634b1372a1a3bd58dcd96 and later · before b3461ccaa5d2588568d865faee285512ad448049affected · git
- 250e211057c7237dc75634b1372a1a3bd58dcd96 and later · before 79098339ac2065f4b4352ef5921628970b6f47e6affected · git
- 250e211057c7237dc75634b1372a1a3bd58dcd96 and later · before ef1235c6514a58f274246cf4a2d5f4e40af539ceaffected · git
- 250e211057c7237dc75634b1372a1a3bd58dcd96 and later · before ee9b6b02e8c140323ed46d6602d805ea735c7719affected · git
- 250e211057c7237dc75634b1372a1a3bd58dcd96 and later · before 61621e042c22b47d1eadee617bdd26835294b425affected · git
- 250e211057c7237dc75634b1372a1a3bd58dcd96 and later · before e20d136ec7d6f309989c447638365840d3424c8eaffected · git
- before 5.1not affected · semver
- 5.4.198 and later · up to and including 5.4.*not affected · semver
- 5.10.121 and later · up to and including 5.10.*not affected · semver
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | linux | before 5.18.5-1 | 5.18.5-1 |
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Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Linux Linux | 61621e042c22b47d1eadee617bdd26835294b425 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | 79098339ac2065f4b4352ef5921628970b6f47e6 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | b3461ccaa5d2588568d865faee285512ad448049 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | e20d136ec7d6f309989c447638365840d3424c8e | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | ee9b6b02e8c140323ed46d6602d805ea735c7719 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | ef1235c6514a58f274246cf4a2d5f4e40af539ce | Vendor (CNA) |
| debian:linux | 5.18.5-1 · Debian:12 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
- A low-privileged account is enough.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Local
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- None
- Integrity impact
- None
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-476 · NULL Pointer DereferenceCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.
Noroxi analysis
No Noroxi analysis for this record yet
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References
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/61621e042c22b47d1eadee617bdd26835294b425
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/79098339ac2065f4b4352ef5921628970b6f47e6
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/b3461ccaa5d2588568d865faee285512ad448049
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/e20d136ec7d6f309989c447638365840d3424c8e
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee9b6b02e8c140323ed46d6602d805ea735c7719
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef1235c6514a58f274246cf4a2d5f4e40af539ce
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.