CVE-2025-38668

Name	CVE-2025-38668
Description	In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: regulator: core: fix NULL dereference on unbind due to stale coupling data Failing to reset coupling_desc.n_coupled after freeing coupled_rdevs can lead to NULL pointer dereference when regulators are accessed post-unbind. This can happen during runtime PM or other regulator operations that rely on coupling metadata. For example, on ridesx4, unbinding the 'reg-dummy' platform device triggers a panic in regulator_lock_recursive() due to stale coupling state. Ensure n_coupled is set to 0 to prevent access to invalid pointers.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
linux (PTS)	bullseye	5.10.223-1	vulnerable
	bullseye (security)	5.10.237-1	vulnerable
	bookworm	6.1.148-1	fixed
	bookworm (security)	6.1.147-1	vulnerable
	trixie	6.12.43-1	fixed
	trixie (security)	6.12.41-1	fixed
	forky, sid	6.16.7-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version
linux	source	bookworm	6.1.148-1
linux	source	trixie	6.12.41-1
linux	source	(unstable)	6.16.3-1

https://git.kernel.org/linus/ca46946a482238b0cdea459fb82fc837fb36260e (6.16-rc5)