A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.12.41/6.15.9/6.16.0. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function intel_pmt_read. Such manipulation leads to null pointer dereference.

This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2025-38559. The attack requires being on the local network. There is not any exploit available.

It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.