5.5

CVE-2025-23137: cpufreq/amd-pstate: Add missing NULL ptr check in amd_pstate_update

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2025-23137DEBIAN-CVE-2025-23137CGA-2557-pf8c-fmxm
Published 16-04-2025Last modified 11-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-23137 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 8.3% 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
0.19%
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 5 · Related 9
SUSE-SU-2026:4120-1SUSE-SU-2026:4254-1USN-7594-1USN-7594-2USN-7594-3CGA-2G8R-5W85-9J36

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: cpufreq/amd-pstate: Add missing NULL ptr check in amd_pstate_update Check if policy is NULL before dereferencing it in amd_pstate_update.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.19%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

8%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.19% 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

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)
Chainguard15 products
  • hyperv-daemons-6.12< 6.12.51-r0
  • linux-aws-6.12< 6.12.68-r1 | < 6.12.71-r0 | < 6.12.63-r0 | < 6.12.67-r0 | < 6.12.76-r0 | < 6.12.68-r0 | < 6.12.70-r0 | < 6.12.66-r0 | < 6.12.74-r1 | < 6.12.60-r4 | < 6.12.62-r1 | < 6.12.65-r1 | < 6.12.65-r0 | < 6.12.65-r2 | < 6.12.74-r0 | < 6.12.72-r1 | < 6.12.78-r0 | < 6.12.77-r0 | < 6.12.72-r0 | < 6.12.62-r2 | < 6.12.77-r2 | < 6.12.57-r2 | < 6.12.77-r1 | < 6.12.69-r0 | < 6.12.80-r0 | < 6.12.62-r0 | < 6.12.49-r0
  • linux-aws-6.12-boot-installed< 6.12.49-r0
  • linux-aws-6.12-fips-boot-installed< 6.12.49-r0
  • linux-aws-6.12-modules< 6.12.49-r0
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ e8f555daacd3377bf691fdda2490c0b164e00085, < 82b6dfff0d6000b14b271f74e43d672d81fb390e | ≥ e8f555daacd3377bf691fdda2490c0b164e00085, < b99c1c63d88c75a4dc5487c3696cda38697b8d35 | ≥ e8f555daacd3377bf691fdda2490c0b164e00085, < 426db24d4db2e4f0d6720aeb7795eafcb9e82640 | 6.11
  • linux_kernel≥ 6.11, < 6.14.2
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.12.35-1

4 vendors · 101 products

References

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