CVE-2025-22078

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel - Null Pointer Dereference in vchiq_arm

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: vchiq_arm: Fix possible NPR of keep-alive thread In case vchiq_platform_conn_state_changed() is never called or fails before driver removal, ka_thread won't be a valid pointer to a task_struct. So do the necessary checks before calling kthread_stop to avoid a crash.

References (4)

Core 4

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0019
EPSS Percentile 8.7%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

Status published
Products (14)
linux/Kernel 6.11.0 - 6.12.23linux
linux/Kernel 6.13.0 - 6.13.11linux
linux/Kernel 6.14.0 - 6.14.2linux
Linux/Linux < 6.11
Linux/Linux 6.11
Linux/Linux 6.12.23 - 6.12.*
Linux/Linux 6.13.11 - 6.13.*
Linux/Linux 6.14.2 - 6.14.*
Linux/Linux 6.15
Linux/Linux 863a756aaf49ed23d25bbb1dad999a85f09e1836 - 1817c4b85011998604e5ff9a80a6e01adb7e7e81
... and 4 more
Published Apr 16, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026