CVE-2025-37748 json
iommu/mediatek: Fix NULL pointer deference in mtk_iommu_device_group
published 2025-05-01 18 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2025-13081
- cvss
- 5.5
- version 3.1, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.2%
- EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 8%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
iommu/mediatek: Fix NULL pointer deference in mtk_iommu_device_group
Currently, mtk_iommu calls during probe iommu_device_register before the hw_list from driver data is initialized. Since iommu probing issue fix, it leads to NULL pointer dereference in mtk_iommu_device_group when hw_list is accessed with list_first_entry (not null safe).
So, change the call order to ensure iommu_device_register is called after the driver data are initialized.
Patch / fix
- Linux Linux 6.1.135, 6.6.88, 6.12.24, 6.13.12, 6.14.3, 6.15
- linux Debian 12 6.1.135-1
- linux Debian 14, Debian 13 6.12.25-1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2025-37748
- linux Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-100.100
- linux-aws Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1046.49
- linux-gcp Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1047.50
- linux-gke Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1043.48
- linux-ibm Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1044.44
- linux-azure Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1046.52
- linux-gkeop Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1030.33
- linux-raspi Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1047.51
ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2025-37748
Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0
- dtb-aarch64 openSUSE Leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.53.1
- kernel-64kb SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP6, openSUSE Leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.53.1
- kernel-syms SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP6, openSUSE Leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.53.1
- kernel-obs-qa openSUSE Leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.53.1
- kernel-source SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP6, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP6, openSUSE Leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.53.1
- kernel-default SLE Workstation Extension 15 SP6, SLE Module for Legacy 15 SP6, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP6 +3 more 6.4.0-150600.23.53.1
- kernel-kvmsmall openSUSE Leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.53.1
- kernel-zfcpdump SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP6, openSUSE Leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.53.1
suse advisories SUSE-SU-2025:02000-1SUSE-SU-2025:01972-1SUSE-SU-2025:20413-1SUSE-SU-2025:01967-1SUSE-SU-2025:01965-1SUSE-SU-2025:01964-1
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f75cb27bef43c8692b0f5e471e5632f6a9beb99 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/6abd09bed43b8d83d461e0fb5b9a200a06aa8a27 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a0842539e8ef9386c070156103aff888e558a60c commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/ce7d3b2f6f393fa35f0ea12861b83a1ca28b295c commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/69f9d2d37d1207c5a73dac52a4ce1361ead707f5 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/38e8844005e6068f336a3ad45451a562a0040ca1 commit
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2025-37748 updated
kernel: iommu/mediatek: Fix NULL pointer deference in mtk_iommu_device_group
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +83 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 kernelnot affected: vulnerable code not present
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
Exploit prediction
0.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 8% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.1 | 5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Affected products
- Linux Linux
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference
- Technology feeds
References
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git.kernel.org
/stable/c/2f75cb27bef43c8692b0f5e471e5632f6a9beb99
patch
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git.kernel.org
/stable/c/6abd09bed43b8d83d461e0fb5b9a200a06aa8a27
patch
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git.kernel.org
/stable/c/a0842539e8ef9386c070156103aff888e558a60c
patch
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git.kernel.org
/stable/c/ce7d3b2f6f393fa35f0ea12861b83a1ca28b295c
patch
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git.kernel.org
/stable/c/69f9d2d37d1207c5a73dac52a4ce1361ead707f5
patch
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git.kernel.org
/stable/c/38e8844005e6068f336a3ad45451a562a0040ca1
patch
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lists.debian.org
/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00045.html
mailing-list
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2025-37748
- NVD CVE-2025-37748
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