5.5

CVE-2025-37987: linux

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumAnalyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2025-37987DEBIAN-CVE-2025-37987
Published 20-05-2025Last modified 11-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-37987 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 8.4% 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 28 · Related 28

Timeline

  1. 20-05-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: pds_core: Prevent possible adminq overflow/stuck condition The pds_core's adminq is protected by the adminq_lock, which prevents more than 1 command to be posted onto it at any one time. This makes it so the client drivers cannot simultaneously post adminq commands. However, the completions happen in a different context, which means multiple adminq commands can be posted sequentially and all waiting on completion. On the FW side, the backing adminq request queue is only 16 entries long and the retry mechanism and/or overflow/stuck prevention is lacking. This can cause the adminq to get stuck, so commands are no longer processed and completions are no longer sent by the FW. As an initial fix, prevent more than 16 outstanding adminq commands so there's no way to cause the adminq from getting stuck. This works because the backing adminq request queue will never have more than 16 pending adminq commands, so it will never overflow. This is done by reducing the adminq depth to 16.

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 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
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

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

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≥ 45d76f492938cdc27ddadc16e1e75103f4cfbf56, < 517f928cc0c133472618cbba18382b46f5f71ba3 | ≥ 45d76f492938cdc27ddadc16e1e75103f4cfbf56, < 2982e07ad72b48eb12c29a87a3f2126ea552688c | ≥ 45d76f492938cdc27ddadc16e1e75103f4cfbf56, < 5e3dc65675faad846420d24762e4faadc12d9392 | ≥ 45d76f492938cdc27ddadc16e1e75103f4cfbf56, < d9e2f070d8af60f2c8c02b2ddf0a9e90b4e9220c | 6.4
  • linux_kernel≥ 6.4, < 6.6.93 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.12.26 | ≥ 6.13, < 6.14.5 | 6.15:rc1 | 6.15:rc2 | 6.15:rc3
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.12.27-1

3 vendors · 117 products

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