CVE-2025-68238

Name	CVE-2025-68238
Description	In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mtd: rawnand: cadence: fix DMA device NULL pointer dereference The DMA device pointer `dma_dev` was being dereferenced before ensuring that `cdns_ctrl->dmac` is properly initialized. Move the assignment of `dma_dev` after successfully acquiring the DMA channel to ensure the pointer is valid before use.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, 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)	5.10.247-1	fixed
	bookworm	6.1.148-1	vulnerable
	bookworm (security)	6.1.158-1	vulnerable
	trixie	6.12.57-1	vulnerable
	trixie (security)	6.12.48-1	vulnerable
	forky	6.17.11-1	fixed
	sid	6.17.12-1	fixed

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

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
linux	source	bullseye	5.10.247-1
linux	source	(unstable)	6.17.10-1

https://git.kernel.org/linus/5c56bf214af85ca042bf97f8584aab2151035840 (6.18-rc7)