CVE-2025-38171: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: power: supply: max77705: Fix workqueue error handling in probe The create_singlethread_workqueue() doesn't return error pointers, it returns NULL. Also cleanup the workqueue on the error paths.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 6.15, before 6.15.3 (fixed in 6.15.3)

Published 2025-07-03. Last modified 2026-06-17.