7.1

CVE-2025-37800: driver core: fix potential NULL pointer dereference in dev_uevent()

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2025-37800DEBIAN-CVE-2025-37800
Published 08-05-2025Last modified 15-10-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-37800 is a high (CVSS 7.1) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 10.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 7.1, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
7.1/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.21%
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 33 · Related 31
MGASA-2025-0182MGASA-2025-0183SUSE-SU-2025:02249-1SUSE-SU-2025:02254-1SUSE-SU-2025:02307-1SUSE-SU-2025:02333-1

Timeline

  1. 08-05-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 15-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: driver core: fix potential NULL pointer dereference in dev_uevent() If userspace reads "uevent" device attribute at the same time as another threads unbinds the device from its driver, change to dev->driver from a valid pointer to NULL may result in crash. Fix this by using READ_ONCE() when fetching the pointer, and take bus' drivers klist lock to make sure driver instance will not disappear while we access it. Use WRITE_ONCE() when setting the driver pointer to ensure there is no tearing.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.21%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

11%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.21% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

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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.

Ubuntu141 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 6.8.0-100.100
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 6.8.0-1046.49
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 16574dccd8f62dc1b585325f8a6a0aab10047ed8, < abe56be73eb10a677d16066f65ff9d30251f5eee | ≥ 16574dccd8f62dc1b585325f8a6a0aab10047ed8, < 2b344e779d9afd0fcb5ee4000e4d0fc7d8d867eb | ≥ 16574dccd8f62dc1b585325f8a6a0aab10047ed8, < 3781e4b83e174364998855de777e184cf0b62c40 | ≥ 16574dccd8f62dc1b585325f8a6a0aab10047ed8, < 18daa52418e7e4629ed1703b64777294209d2622 | 2.6.22
  • linux_kernel< 6.6.89 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.12.26 | ≥ 6.13, < 6.14.5 | 6.15:rc1 | 6.15:rc2 | 6.15:rc3
Debian1 product
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 6.12.27-1

3 vendors · 144 products

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