CVE-2025-21810

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 6.4-6.6.75, 6.7-6.12.12, 6.13-6.13.1 - NULL Pointer Dereference in class_dev_iter API

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: driver core: class: Fix wild pointer dereferences in API class_dev_iter_next() There are a potential wild pointer dereferences issue regarding APIs class_dev_iter_(init|next|exit)(), as explained by below typical usage: // All members of @iter are wild pointers. struct class_dev_iter iter; // class_dev_iter_init(@iter, @class, ...) checks parameter @class for // potential class_to_subsys() error, and it returns void type and does // not initialize its output parameter @iter, so caller can not detect // the error and continues to invoke class_dev_iter_next(@iter) even if // @iter still contains wild pointers. class_dev_iter_init(&iter, ...); // Dereference these wild pointers in @iter here once suffer the error. while (dev = class_dev_iter_next(&iter)) { ... }; // Also dereference these wild pointers here. class_dev_iter_exit(&iter); Actually, all callers of these APIs have such usage pattern in kernel tree. Fix by: - Initialize output parameter @iter by memset() in class_dev_iter_init() and give callers prompt by pr_crit() for the error. - Check if @iter is valid in class_dev_iter_next().

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0018
EPSS Percentile 7.2%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-476
Status published
Products (14)
linux/Kernel 6.13.0 - 6.13.2linux
linux/Kernel 6.4.0 - 6.6.76linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.12.13linux
Linux/Linux < 6.4
Linux/Linux 6.12.13 - 6.12.*
Linux/Linux 6.13.2 - 6.13.*
Linux/Linux 6.14
Linux/Linux 6.4
Linux/Linux 6.6.76 - 6.6.*
Linux/Linux 7b884b7f24b42fa25e92ed724ad82f137610afaf - 1614e75d1a1b63db6421c7a4bf37004720c7376c
... and 4 more
Published Feb 27, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026