# CVE-2025-21798: firewire: test: Fix potential null dereference in firewire kunit test

- Severity: CVSS 5.5 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-02-27 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.8

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: firewire: test: Fix potential null dereference in firewire kunit test kunit_kzalloc() may return a NULL pointer, dereferencing it without NULL check may lead to NULL dereference. Add a NULL check for test_state.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c6896bf4c611c3dd126f3e03685f2360a18b3d6f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/70fcb25472d90dd3b87cbee74b9eb68670b0c7b8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/352fafe97784e81a10a7c74bd508f71a19b53c2a

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