NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting linux-virt-doc package, versions <6.12.26-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (3rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-MINIMOSLATEST-LINUXVIRTDOC-13842664
  • published6 Nov 2025
  • disclosed1 May 2025

Introduced: 1 May 2025

CVE-2025-37784  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Minimos:latest linux-virt-doc to version 6.12.26-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream linux-virt-doc package and not the linux-virt-doc package as distributed by Minimos. See How to fix? for Minimos:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: ti: icss-iep: Fix possible NULL pointer dereference for perout request

The ICSS IEP driver tracks perout and pps enable state with flags. Currently when disabling pps and perout signals during icss_iep_exit(), results in NULL pointer dereference for perout.

To fix the null pointer dereference issue, the icss_iep_perout_enable_hw function can be modified to directly clear the IEP CMP registers when disabling PPS or PEROUT, without referencing the ptp_perout_request structure, as its contents are irrelevant in this case.

CVSS Base Scores

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