NULL pointer dereference in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-37862

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Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU108866

NULL pointer dereference in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-37862

Published: May 9, 2025 / Updated: May 10, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU108866
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4 BT: 4.3 [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-2025-37862
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to NULL pointer dereference within the pidff_set_autocenter() and pidff_reports_ok() functions in drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-pidff.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

Linux kernel
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15
SUSE Linux Micro Extras
SUSE Linux Micro
Confidential Computing Module
Basesystem Module
Development Tools Module
Legacy Module
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching
openSUSE Leap
Ubuntu
openEuler
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_60-default
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_13-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_60-default-debuginfo
linux-aws-fips (Ubuntu package)
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-xilinx-zynqmp (Ubuntu package)
linux-intel-iot-realtime (Ubuntu package)
linux-raspi (Ubuntu package)
linux-intel-iotg-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-kvm (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-fips (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
kernel-source-rt
kernel-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-debugsource
kernel-rt-livepatch
kernel-rt
kernel-devel-rt
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo
kernel-rt-devel
kernel-coco-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-source-coco
kernel-devel-coco
kernel-coco_debug-debugsource
kernel-coco
kernel-coco_debug
kernel-coco_debug-devel
kernel-coco_debug-debuginfo
kernel-syms-coco
reiserfs-kmp-coco
kernel-coco-debugsource
kernel-coco-devel
kernel-coco_debug-devel-debuginfo
kernel-coco-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-coco-debuginfo
kernel-obs-qa
dtb-xilinx
dtb-amlogic
dtb-aarch64
dtb-amd
dtb-arm
dtb-apple
dtb-lg
dtb-altera
dtb-exynos
dtb-sprd
dtb-cavium
dtb-rockchip
dtb-qcom
dtb-amazon
dtb-hisilicon
dtb-socionext
dtb-allwinner
dtb-nvidia
dtb-apm
dtb-broadcom
dtb-freescale
dtb-marvell
dtb-mediatek
dtb-renesas
kernel-obs-build
kernel-docs
kernel-docs-html
kernel-obs-build-debugsource
kernel-syms
kernel-debug-vdso
gfs2-kmp-64kb
kselftests-kmp-64kb
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso
kernel-debug-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall-devel-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-devel
gfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall-debugsource
kernel-kvmsmall-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-optional-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-64kb
kernel-64kb
kernel-64kb-optional
kernel-64kb-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-64kb
kernel-64kb-extra-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall-devel
kernel-debug-devel-debuginfo
kernel-source
kernel-kvmsmall
kernel-zfcpdump
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource
kernel-devel
kernel-source-vanilla
kernel-debug
dlm-kmp-64kb
kernel-64kb-debugsource
kselftests-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-debug-devel
cluster-md-kmp-64kb
cluster-md-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-extra
kernel-debug-debuginfo
kernel-debug-debugsource
reiserfs-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-macros
kernel-default
kernel-default-vdso
kernel-default-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo
kernel-default-debugsource
kernel-default-livepatch-devel
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo
kernel-default-extra
kernel-default-livepatch
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo
kselftests-kmp-default
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-optional-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-default
kernel-default-devel
kernel-default-optional
cluster-md-kmp-default
kernel-default-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-default
gfs2-kmp-default
kselftests-kmp-default-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-default
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-base
kernel-default-base-rebuild
python3-perf
kernel
bpftool
bpftool-debuginfo
kernel-debuginfo
kernel-debugsource
kernel-headers
kernel-tools
kernel-tools-debuginfo
kernel-tools-devel
perf
perf-debuginfo
python3-perf-debuginfo
kernel-extra-modules
linux-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-hwe-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-xilinx (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp (Ubuntu package)
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp-fips (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-raspi-realtime (Ubuntu package)
linux-realtime-6.8 (Ubuntu package)

How to mitigate CVE-2025-37862

Install update from vendor's website.

Linux kernel - update to 6.12.24
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_60-default - update to 1-150600.13.6.4
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_13-debugsource - update to 1-150600.13.6.4
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_60-default-debuginfo - update to 1-150600.13.6.4
linux-aws-fips (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0.144.84, 5.15.0-144.157+fips1, 5.15.0.1087.77, 5.15.0-1087.96+fips1, 5.15.0.1088.84, 5.15.0-1088.95+fips1, 6.8.0-100.100+fips1, 6.8.0-1046.49+fips1
linux (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0.144.130, 5.15.0.144.141, 5.15.0-144.157, 5.15.0.144.157~20.04.1, 5.15.0-144.157~20.04.1, 5.15.0-1030.30, 5.15.0.1030.32, 5.15.0.1041.41, 5.15.0-1041.41, 5.15.0-1041.41~20.04.1, 5.15.0.1041.41~20.04.1, 5.15.0.1070.69, 5.15.0-1070.78, 5.15.0.1080.76, 5.15.0-1080.83, 5.15.0-1080.83~20.04.1, 5.15.0.1080.83~20.04.1, 5.15.0.1082.82, 5.15.0-1082.83, 5.15.0.1083.83, 5.15.0-1083.89, 5.15.0.1085.81, 5.15.0.1085.84, 5.15.0-1085.91, 5.15.0-1085.91~20.04.3, 5.15.0.1085.91~20.04.3, 5.15.0.1087.83, 5.15.0-1087.96, 5.15.0.1087.96~20.04.1, 5.15.0-1087.96~20.04.2, 5.15.0.1088.91, 5.15.0-1088.95, 5.15.0-1088.95~20.04.1, 5.15.0.1088.95~20.04.1, 6.8.0-100.100, 6.8.0-1047.51, 6.14.0-22.22, 6.14.0-1004.4, 6.14.0-1007.7, 6.14.0-1008.8
linux-xilinx-zynqmp (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0.1052.55, 5.15.0-1052.56
linux-intel-iot-realtime (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0-1081.83, 5.15.0.1081.85, 5.15.0.1088.92, 5.15.0-1088.97
linux-raspi (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0.1083.81, 5.15.0-1083.86
linux-intel-iotg-5.15 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0.1083.89~20.04.1, 5.15.0-1083.89~20.04.1
linux-kvm (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0.1084.80, 5.15.0-1084.89
linux-azure-fips (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0.1094.79, 5.15.0-1094.103+fips1, 6.8.0-1046.52+fips1
linux-azure (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0.1094.92, 5.15.0-1094.103, 6.8.0-1046.52, 6.14.0-1007.7
linux-azure-5.15 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0-1094.103~20.04.1, 5.15.0.1094.103~20.04.1
kernel-source-rt - update to 6.4.0-33.1
kernel-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-33.1
kernel-rt-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-33.1
kernel-rt-livepatch - update to 6.4.0-33.1
kernel-rt - update to 6.4.0-33.1
kernel-devel-rt - update to 6.4.0-33.1
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-33.1
kernel-rt-devel - update to 6.4.0-33.1
kernel-coco-vdso-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-15061.28.coco15sp6.1
kernel-source-coco - update to 6.4.0-15061.28.coco15sp6.1
kernel-devel-coco - update to 6.4.0-15061.28.coco15sp6.1
kernel-coco_debug-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-15061.28.coco15sp6.1
kernel-coco - update to 6.4.0-15061.28.coco15sp6.1
kernel-coco_debug - update to 6.4.0-15061.28.coco15sp6.1
kernel-coco_debug-devel - update to 6.4.0-15061.28.coco15sp6.1
kernel-coco_debug-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-15061.28.coco15sp6.1
kernel-syms-coco - update to 6.4.0-15061.28.coco15sp6.1
reiserfs-kmp-coco - update to 6.4.0-15061.28.coco15sp6.1
kernel-coco-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-15061.28.coco15sp6.1
kernel-coco-devel - update to 6.4.0-15061.28.coco15sp6.1
kernel-coco_debug-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-15061.28.coco15sp6.1
kernel-coco-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-15061.28.coco15sp6.1
reiserfs-kmp-coco-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-15061.28.coco15sp6.1
kernel-obs-qa - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.2
dtb-xilinx - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-amlogic - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-aarch64 - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-amd - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-arm - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-apple - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-lg - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-altera - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-exynos - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-sprd - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-cavium - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-rockchip - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-qcom - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-amazon - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-hisilicon - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-socionext - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-allwinner - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-nvidia - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-apm - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-broadcom - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-freescale - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-marvell - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-mediatek - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-renesas - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
kernel-obs-build - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
kernel-docs - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
kernel-docs-html - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
kernel-obs-build-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
kernel-syms - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-debug-vdso - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
gfs2-kmp-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kselftests-kmp-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
ocfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-debug-vdso-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-kvmsmall-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-64kb-devel - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
gfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-kvmsmall-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-kvmsmall-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-64kb-optional-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
ocfs2-kmp-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-64kb-optional - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
dlm-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
reiserfs-kmp-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-64kb-extra-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-kvmsmall-devel - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-debug-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-source - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-kvmsmall - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-zfcpdump - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-devel - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-source-vanilla - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-debug - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
dlm-kmp-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-64kb-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kselftests-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-debug-devel - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
cluster-md-kmp-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
cluster-md-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-64kb-extra - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-debug-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-debug-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
reiserfs-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-macros - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-default - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kernel-default-vdso - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kernel-default-vdso-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kernel-default-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kernel-default-livepatch-devel - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kernel-default-extra - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kernel-default-livepatch - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kselftests-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kernel-default-optional-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
dlm-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kernel-default-devel - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kernel-default-optional - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
cluster-md-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kernel-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
ocfs2-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
gfs2-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kselftests-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
reiserfs-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kernel-default-base - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5.150600.12.26.4
kernel-default-base-rebuild - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5.150600.12.26.4
python3-perf - addressed in versions 6.6.0-107.0.0.99, 6.6.0-107.0.0.110, 6.6.0-107.0.0.113
kernel - addressed in versions 6.6.0-107.0.0.99, 6.6.0-107.0.0.110, 6.6.0-107.0.0.113
bpftool - addressed in versions 6.6.0-107.0.0.99, 6.6.0-107.0.0.110, 6.6.0-107.0.0.113
bpftool-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.6.0-107.0.0.99, 6.6.0-107.0.0.110, 6.6.0-107.0.0.113
kernel-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.6.0-107.0.0.99, 6.6.0-107.0.0.110, 6.6.0-107.0.0.113
kernel-debugsource - addressed in versions 6.6.0-107.0.0.99, 6.6.0-107.0.0.110, 6.6.0-107.0.0.113
kernel-devel - addressed in versions 6.6.0-107.0.0.99, 6.6.0-107.0.0.110, 6.6.0-107.0.0.113
kernel-headers - addressed in versions 6.6.0-107.0.0.99, 6.6.0-107.0.0.110, 6.6.0-107.0.0.113
kernel-tools - addressed in versions 6.6.0-107.0.0.99, 6.6.0-107.0.0.110, 6.6.0-107.0.0.113
kernel-tools-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.6.0-107.0.0.99, 6.6.0-107.0.0.110, 6.6.0-107.0.0.113
kernel-tools-devel - addressed in versions 6.6.0-107.0.0.99, 6.6.0-107.0.0.110, 6.6.0-107.0.0.113
perf - addressed in versions 6.6.0-107.0.0.99, 6.6.0-107.0.0.110, 6.6.0-107.0.0.113
perf-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.6.0-107.0.0.99, 6.6.0-107.0.0.110, 6.6.0-107.0.0.113
kernel-source - addressed in versions 6.6.0-107.0.0.99, 6.6.0-107.0.0.110, 6.6.0-107.0.0.113
python3-perf-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.6.0-107.0.0.99, 6.6.0-107.0.0.110, 6.6.0-107.0.0.113
kernel-extra-modules - update to 6.6.0-107.0.0.113
linux-lowlatency (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-100.100.1
linux-hwe-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-100.100.1~22.04.1, 6.8.0-100.100~22.04.1
linux-xilinx (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0.1023.24, 6.8.0-1023.24
linux-aws (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-1030.33, 6.8.0-1043.44, 6.8.0-1043.44~22.04.1, 6.8.0-1046.49~22.04.1, 6.14.0-1007.7, 6.14.0-1007.7+1
linux-gcp (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-1043.48, 6.8.0-1047.50~22.04.2
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-1044.44, 6.8.0-1044.44~22.04.1
linux-nvidia-lowlatency (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1046.49.1
linux-gcp-fips (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1047.50+fips1
linux-gcp-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1047.50~22.04.2
linux-azure-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1051.57~22.04.1
linux-raspi-realtime (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-2037.38, 6.8.1-1041.42
linux-realtime-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.1-1041.42~22.04.1

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