# CVE-2025-38381: Input: cs40l50-vibra - fix potential NULL dereference in cs40l50\_upload\_owt()

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-07-25 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.11

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Input: cs40l50-vibra - fix potential NULL dereference in cs40l50_upload_owt() The cs40l50_upload_owt() function allocates memory via kmalloc() without checking for allocation failure, which could lead to a NULL pointer dereference. Return -ENOMEM in case allocation fails.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ea20568895c1122f15b6fc9e8d02c6cbe22964f8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e87fc697fa4be5164e47cfba4ddd4732499adc60
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4cf65845fdd09d711fc7546d60c9abe010956922

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