CVE-2025-38543: Debian Linux

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: drm/tegra: nvdec: Fix dma_alloc_coherent error check Check for NULL return value with dma_alloc_coherent, in line with Robin's fix for vic.c in 'drm/tegra: vic: Fix DMA API misuse'.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 11.0 only
• Linux Linux Kernel: from 5.17, before 6.1.146 (fixed in 6.1.146); from 6.2, before 6.6.99 (fixed in 6.6.99); from 6.7, before 6.12.39 (fixed in 6.12.39); from 6.13, before 6.15.7 (fixed in 6.15.7); version 6.16 only

Published 2025-08-16. Last modified 2026-06-17.