CVE-2025-37974

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel - NULL Pointer Dereference in zpci_create_device

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: s390/pci: Fix missing check for zpci_create_device() error return The zpci_create_device() function returns an error pointer that needs to be checked before dereferencing it as a struct zpci_dev pointer. Add the missing check in __clp_add() where it was missed when adding the scan_list in the fixed commit. Simply not adding the device to the scan list results in the previous behavior.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0015
EPSS Percentile 4.2%
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 (13)
linux/Kernel < 6.12.29linux
linux/Kernel 6.13.0 - 6.14.7linux
Linux/Linux < 6.13
Linux/Linux 0467cdde8c4320bbfdb31a8cff1277b202f677fc - 2769b718e164df983c20c314b263a71a699be6cd
Linux/Linux 0467cdde8c4320bbfdb31a8cff1277b202f677fc - 42420c50c68f3e95e90de2479464f420602229fc
Linux/Linux 1f3b309108fd0660ea8614a72328ba866ccd3378 - be54b750c333a9db7c3b3686846bb06b07b011fe
Linux/Linux 6.12.29 - 6.12.*
Linux/Linux 6.12.5 - 6.12.29
Linux/Linux 6.13
Linux/Linux 6.14.7 - 6.14.*
... and 3 more
Published May 20, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026