Tracker / CVE-2025-38113
CVE-2025-38113
Medium 5.5
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ACPI: CPPC: Fix NULL pointer dereference when nosmp is used With nosmp in cmdline, other CPUs are not brought up, leaving their cpc_desc_ptr NULL. CPU0's iteration via for_each_possible_cpu() dereferences these NULL pointers, causing panic. Panic backtrace: [ 0.401123] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000000000000b8 ... [ 0.403255] [<ffffffff809a5818>] cppc_allow_fast_switch+0x6a/0xd4 ... Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! [ rjw: New subject ]
Affected products and versions
| debian | debian_linux |
|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel |
| linux | linux_kernel · 5.19 → 6.1.142 |
| linux | linux_kernel · 6.13 → 6.15.3 |
| linux | linux_kernel · 6.2 → 6.6.94 |
| linux | linux_kernel · 6.7 → 6.12.34 |
Analysis
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