NULL pointer dereference in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-37758
Published: May 2, 2025 / Updated: May 10, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU108294
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-37758
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to NULL pointer dereference within the pxa_ata_probe() function in drivers/ata/pata_pxa.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2025-37758
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/17d5e6e915fad5a261db3698c9c5bbe702102d7c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ba9e4c69207777bb0775c7c091800ecd69de144
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2dc53c7a0c1f57b082931facafa804a7ca32a9a6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5b09bf6243b0bc0ae58bd9efdf6f0de5546f8d06
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a551f75401793ba8075d7f46ffc931ce5151f03f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad320e408a8c95a282ab9c05cdf0c9b95e317985
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c022287f6e599422511aa227dc6da37b58d9ceac
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d0d720f9282839b9db625a376c02a1426a16b0ae
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee2b0301d6bfe16b35d57947687c664ecb815775
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.12.24