{"id":"CVE-2025-38122","summary":"gve: add missing NULL check for gve_alloc_pending_packet() in TX DQO","details":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ngve: add missing NULL check for gve_alloc_pending_packet() in TX DQO\n\ngve_alloc_pending_packet() can return NULL, but gve_tx_add_skb_dqo()\ndid not check for this case before dereferencing the returned pointer.\n\nAdd a missing NULL check to prevent a potential NULL pointer\ndereference when allocation fails.\n\nThis improves robustness in low-memory scenarios.","modified":"2026-04-16T04:34:37.777349646Z","published":"2025-07-03T08:35:28.582Z","related":["SUSE-SU-2025:02853-1","SUSE-SU-2025:02923-1","SUSE-SU-2025:02969-1","SUSE-SU-2025:02996-1","SUSE-SU-2025:02997-1","SUSE-SU-2025:03011-1","SUSE-SU-2025:03023-1","SUSE-SU-2025:03204-1","SUSE-SU-2025:20577-1","SUSE-SU-2025:20586-1","SUSE-SU-2025:20601-1","SUSE-SU-2025:20602-1","SUSE-SU-2025:21074-1","SUSE-SU-2025:21139-1","SUSE-SU-2025:21179-1","openSUSE-SU-2025:20081-1"],"database_specific":{"cna_assigner":"Linux","osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/38xxx/CVE-2025-38122.json"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/12c331b29c7397ac3b03584e12902990693bc248"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e5ead9e4e91fbe7799bd38afd8904543be1cb51"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7f6265fce3bd424ded666481b37f106d7915fb6b"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a0319c9b1648a67511e947a596ca86888451c0a7"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae98a1787fdcb0096d122bc80d93c3c7d812c04b"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c741a7ef68023ac800054e2131c3e22e647fd7e3"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/38xxx/CVE-2025-38122.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-38122"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","events":[{"introduced":"a57e5de476be0b4b7f42beb6a21c19ad9c577aa3"},{"fixed":"ae98a1787fdcb0096d122bc80d93c3c7d812c04b"},{"fixed":"2e5ead9e4e91fbe7799bd38afd8904543be1cb51"},{"fixed":"7f6265fce3bd424ded666481b37f106d7915fb6b"},{"fixed":"a0319c9b1648a67511e947a596ca86888451c0a7"},{"fixed":"c741a7ef68023ac800054e2131c3e22e647fd7e3"},{"fixed":"12c331b29c7397ac3b03584e12902990693bc248"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-38122.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}