5.5

CVE-2025-22078: staging: vchiq_arm: Fix possible NPR of keep-alive thread

Analyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22078DEBIAN-CVE-2025-22078
Published 16-04-2025Last modified 11-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-22078 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 10% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5.5, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.20%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 7 · Related 7
USN-7594-1USN-7594-2USN-7594-3USN-7605-1USN-7605-2USN-7606-1

Timeline

  1. 16-04-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.20%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

10%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.20% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu83 products
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.13All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 863a756aaf49ed23d25bbb1dad999a85f09e1836, < 1817c4b85011998604e5ff9a80a6e01adb7e7e81 | ≥ 863a756aaf49ed23d25bbb1dad999a85f09e1836, < a915c896f95a989a7759a73f8c064f5dc3775175 | ≥ 863a756aaf49ed23d25bbb1dad999a85f09e1836, < bd38395b901327f77a82112f006240de22cf2ceb | ≥ 863a756aaf49ed23d25bbb1dad999a85f09e1836, < 3db89bc6d973e2bcaa852f6409c98c228f39a926 | 6.11
  • linux_kernel≥ 6.11, < 6.12.23 | ≥ 6.13, < 6.13.11 | ≥ 6.14, < 6.14.2
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.12.25-1

3 vendors · 86 products

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