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CVE-2025-38113

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference
Publication date:
03/07/2025
Last modified:
17/12/2025

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:<br /> <br /> ACPI: CPPC: Fix NULL pointer dereference when nosmp is used<br /> <br /> With nosmp in cmdline, other CPUs are not brought up, leaving<br /> their cpc_desc_ptr NULL. CPU0&amp;#39;s iteration via for_each_possible_cpu()<br /> dereferences these NULL pointers, causing panic.<br /> <br /> Panic backtrace:<br /> <br /> [ 0.401123] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000000000000b8<br /> ...<br /> [ 0.403255] [] cppc_allow_fast_switch+0x6a/0xd4<br /> ...<br /> Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!<br /> <br /> [ rjw: New subject ]

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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 5.19 (including) 6.1.142 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 6.2 (including) 6.6.94 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 6.7 (including) 6.12.34 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 6.13 (including) 6.15.3 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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


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