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    "id": "CVE-2025-38668",
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    "idYear": 2025,
    "status": "PUBLISHED",
    "publishedAt": "2025-08-22T16:02:59.680Z",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-11T21:32:40.117Z",
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      "source": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"
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      "title": "regulator: core: fix NULL dereference on unbind due to stale coupling data",
      "summary": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nregulator: core: fix NULL dereference on unbind due to stale coupling data\n\nFailing to reset coupling_desc.n_coupled after freeing coupled_rdevs can\nlead to NULL pointer dereference when regulators are accessed post-unbind.\n\nThis can happen during runtime PM or other regulator operations that rely\non coupling metadata.\n\nFor example, on ridesx4, unbinding the 'reg-dummy' platform device triggers\na panic in regulator_lock_recursive() due to stale coupling state.\n\nEnsure n_coupled is set to 0 to prevent access to invalid pointers.",
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