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CVE-2025-22017

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference
Publication date:
08/04/2025
Last modified:
28/10/2025

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:<br /> <br /> devlink: fix xa_alloc_cyclic() error handling<br /> <br /> In case of returning 1 from xa_alloc_cyclic() (wrapping) ERR_PTR(1) will<br /> be returned, which will cause IS_ERR() to be false. Which can lead to<br /> dereference not allocated pointer (rel).<br /> <br /> Fix it by checking if err is lower than zero.<br /> <br /> This wasn&amp;#39;t found in real usecase, only noticed. Credit to Pierre.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.50 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x
5.50
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 6.7 (including) 6.12.21 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 6.13 (including) 6.13.9 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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