CVE-2025-37755: linux NULL Pointer Dereference
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2025-37755 is a high (CVSS 7.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.37% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 29.2% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 30 · Related 30Timeline
- 01-05-2025PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 05-08-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: libwx: handle page_pool_dev_alloc_pages error page_pool_dev_alloc_pages could return NULL. There was a WARN_ON(!page) but it would still proceed to use the NULL pointer and then crash. This is similar to commit 001ba0902046 ("net: fec: handle page_pool_dev_alloc_pages error"). This is found by our static analysis tool KNighter.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HDiffers
- NVDNIST5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HDiffers
EPSS trend
Probability
0.37%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
29%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
+0.01 pp
From 0.35% on 18-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Ubuntu112 products
- linux< 6.8.0-100.100
- linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws< 6.8.0-1046.49
- linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
- linux≥ 3c47e8ae113a68da47987750d9896e325d0aeedd, < c17ef974bfcf1a50818168b47c4606b425a957c4 | ≥ 3c47e8ae113a68da47987750d9896e325d0aeedd, < ad81d666e114ebf989fc9994d4c93d451dc60056 | ≥ 3c47e8ae113a68da47987750d9896e325d0aeedd, < 1dd13c60348f515acd8c6f25a561b9c4e3b04fea | ≥ 3c47e8ae113a68da47987750d9896e325d0aeedd, < 90bec7cef8805f9a23145e070dff28a02bb584eb | ≥ 3c47e8ae113a68da47987750d9896e325d0aeedd, < 7f1ff1b38a7c8b872382b796023419d87d78c47e | 6.3
- linux_kernel≥ 6.3, < 6.6.88 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.12.24 | ≥ 6.13, < 6.13.12 | ≥ 6.14, < 6.14.3 | 6.15:rc1
Debian1 product
- linux< 6.12.25-1
3 vendors · 115 products