7.8

CVE-2025-37801: spi: spi-imx: Add check for spi_imx_setupxfer()

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2025-37801DEBIAN-CVE-2025-37801
Published 08-05-2025Last modified 15-10-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-37801 is a high (CVSS 7.8) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 11.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 7.8, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
7.8/10
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 31 · Related 28
DLA-4193-1MGASA-2025-0182MGASA-2025-0183SUSE-SU-2025:02249-1SUSE-SU-2025:02254-1SUSE-SU-2025:02307-1

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: spi: spi-imx: Add check for spi_imx_setupxfer() Add check for the return value of spi_imx_setupxfer(). spi_imx->rx and spi_imx->tx function pointer can be NULL when spi_imx_setupxfer() return error, and make NULL pointer dereference. Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000000 Call trace: 0x0 spi_imx_pio_transfer+0x50/0xd8 spi_imx_transfer_one+0x18c/0x858 spi_transfer_one_message+0x43c/0x790 __spi_pump_transfer_message+0x238/0x5d4 __spi_sync+0x2b0/0x454 spi_write_then_read+0x11c/0x200

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.21%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

12%

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

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.

Ubuntu114 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≥ 307c897db762d1e0feee9477276b08f6deca4a5b, < 2fea0d6d7b5d27fbf55512d51851ba0a346ede52 | ≥ 307c897db762d1e0feee9477276b08f6deca4a5b, < 2b4479eb462ecb39001b38dfb331fc6028dedac8 | ≥ 307c897db762d1e0feee9477276b08f6deca4a5b, < 185d376875ea6fb4256b9dc97ee0b4d2b0fdd399 | ≥ 307c897db762d1e0feee9477276b08f6deca4a5b, < 055ef73bb1afc3f783a9a13b496770a781964a07 | ≥ 307c897db762d1e0feee9477276b08f6deca4a5b, < 951a04ab3a2db4029debfa48d380ef834b93207e | 5.19
  • linux_kernel< 6.1.136 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.89 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.12.26 | ≥ 6.13, < 6.14.5 | 6.15:rc1 | 6.15:rc2
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.137-1 | < 6.12.27-1

3 vendors · 117 products

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