#VU108866 NULL pointer dereference in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-37862
Published: May 9, 2025 / Updated: May 10, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU108866
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: 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-2025-37862
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Software vendor:
Linux Foundation
Linux Foundation
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 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.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
External links
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/22a05462c3d0eee15154faf8d13c49e6295270a5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a507184f9307e19cb441b897c49e7843c94e56b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/44a1b8b2027afbb37e418993fb23561bdb9efb38
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6b4449e4f03326fbd2136e67bfcc1e6ffe61541d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be706a48bb7896d4130edc82811233d1d62158e7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d230becb9d38b7325c5c38d051693e4c26b1829b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ddb147885225d768025f6818df533d30edf3e102
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e368698da79af821f18c099520deab1219c2044b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f8f4d77710e1c38f4a2bd26c88c4878b5b5e817a
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.12.24