{"id":"CVE-2025-68187","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: mdio: Check regmap pointer returned by device_node_to_regmap()\n\nThe call to device_node_to_regmap() in airoha_mdio_probe() can return\nan ERR_PTR() if regmap initia…","summary":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: mdio: Check regmap pointer returned by device_node_to_regmap()\n\nThe call to device_node_to_regmap() in airoha_mdio_probe() can return\nan ERR_PTR() if regmap initia…","severity":"none","published":"2025-12-16","updated":"2026-10-14","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-14T13:10:00.187","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68187","references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b2b526c2cf57d14ee269e012ed179081871f45a1","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dc8ed3823473bb38ba43cfb34f1e1c1baa22f975","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}],"tags":["nvd"],"epss":0.00185,"epssPercentile":0.07489,"ingestedAt":"2026-10-14T13:30:58.448Z","slug":"CVE-2025-68187","body":"## Overview\n\nIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: mdio: Check regmap pointer returned by device_node_to_regmap()\n\nThe call to device_node_to_regmap() in airoha_mdio_probe() can return\nan ERR_PTR() if regmap initialization fails. Currently, the driver\nstores the pointer without validation, which could lead to a crash\nif it is later dereferenced.\n\nAdd an IS_ERR() check and return the corresponding error code to make\nthe probe path more robust.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":3,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":2.8,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}