{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "a6a494c8e3ce1fe84aac538b087a4cab868ed83f"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "7f16be2b2927fdcfe40b596b7411c46d23a82034"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "11741b8e382d34b13277497ab91123d8b0b5c2db"
            }
          ],
          "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
          "type": "GIT"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/38xxx/CVE-2025-38171.json"
  },
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\npower: supply: max77705: Fix workqueue error handling in probe\n\nThe create_singlethread_workqueue() doesn't return error pointers, it\nreturns NULL.  Also cleanup the workqueue on the error paths.",
  "id": "CVE-2025-38171",
  "modified": "2026-04-01T23:08:31.497769795Z",
  "published": "2025-07-03T08:36:09.651Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/11741b8e382d34b13277497ab91123d8b0b5c2db"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7f16be2b2927fdcfe40b596b7411c46d23a82034"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/38xxx/CVE-2025-38171.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-38171"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.3",
  "summary": "power: supply: max77705: Fix workqueue error handling in probe"
}