5.5

CVE-2025-37972: debian debian_linux NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2025-37972DEBIAN-CVE-2025-37972
Published 20-05-2025Last modified 15-10-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-37972 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in debian debian_linux. EPSS estimates a 0.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 8.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.19%
0%100%
Low · +0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 34 · Related 30

Timeline

  1. 20-05-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 15-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Input: mtk-pmic-keys - fix possible null pointer dereference In mtk_pmic_keys_probe, the regs parameter is only set if the button is parsed in the device tree. However, on hardware where the button is left floating, that node will most likely be removed not to enable that input. In that case the code will try to dereference a null pointer. Let's use the regs struct instead as it is defined for all supported platforms. Note that it is ok setting the key reg even if that latter is disabled as the interrupt won't be enabled anyway.

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

+0.01 pp

From 0.18% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.19%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Ubuntu118 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)
Debian2 products
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ b581acb49aec5c3b0af9ab1c537fb73481b79069, < 334d74a798463ceec02a41eb0e2354aaac0d6249 | ≥ b581acb49aec5c3b0af9ab1c537fb73481b79069, < 90fa6015ff83ef1c373cc61b7c924ab2bcbe1801 | ≥ b581acb49aec5c3b0af9ab1c537fb73481b79069, < 619c05fb176c272ac6cecf723446b39723ee6d97 | ≥ b581acb49aec5c3b0af9ab1c537fb73481b79069, < 09429ddb5a91e9e8f72cd18c012ec4171c2f85ec | ≥ b581acb49aec5c3b0af9ab1c537fb73481b79069, < 11cdb506d0fbf5ac05bf55f5afcb3a215c316490 | 6.0
  • linux_kernel≥ 6.0, < 6.1.139 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.91 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.12.29 | ≥ 6.13, < 6.14.7 | 6.15:rc1 | 6.15:rc2 | 6.15:rc3 | 6.15:rc4 | 6.15:rc5

3 vendors · 122 products

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