5.5

CVE-2025-22007: linux NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22007DEBIAN-CVE-2025-22007
Published 03-04-2025Last modified 11-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-22007 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 11.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.22%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 55 · Related 50

Timeline

  1. 03-04-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: Fix error code in chan_alloc_skb_cb() The chan_alloc_skb_cb() function is supposed to return error pointers on error. Returning NULL will lead to a NULL dereference.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.22%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

12%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.22% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.22%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Ubuntu137 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.4.0-218.238 | < 5.15.0-142.152 | < 6.8.0-84.84
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.4.0-1147.157 | < 5.15.0-1086.93 | < 6.8.0-1039.41
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 6b8d4a6a03144c5996f98db7f8256267b0d72a3a, < b3d607e36fef4bd05fb938a8a868ff70e9fedbe2 | ≥ 6b8d4a6a03144c5996f98db7f8256267b0d72a3a, < 1bd68db7beb426ab5a45d81516ed9611284affc8 | ≥ 6b8d4a6a03144c5996f98db7f8256267b0d72a3a, < 76304cba8cba12bb10d89d016c28403a2dd89a29 | ≥ 6b8d4a6a03144c5996f98db7f8256267b0d72a3a, < 788ae2ae4cf484e248b5bc29211c7ac6510e3e92 | ≥ 6b8d4a6a03144c5996f98db7f8256267b0d72a3a, < ecd06ad0823a90b4420c377ef8917e44e23ee841 | ≥ 6b8d4a6a03144c5996f98db7f8256267b0d72a3a, < 761b7c36addd22c7e6ceb05caaadc3b062d99faa | ≥ 6b8d4a6a03144c5996f98db7f8256267b0d72a3a, < a78692ec0d1e17a96b09f2349a028878f5b305e4 | ≥ 6b8d4a6a03144c5996f98db7f8256267b0d72a3a, < 72d061ee630d0dbb45c2920d8d19b3861c413e54 | 3.17
  • linux_kernel≥ 3.17, < 6.1.132 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.85 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.12.21 | ≥ 6.13, < 6.13.9 | 6.14:rc1 | 6.14:rc2 | 6.14:rc3 | 6.14:rc4 | 6.14:rc5 | 6.14:rc6 | 6.14:rc7
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.133-1 | < 6.12.21-1

3 vendors · 140 products

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