CVE-2025-21783NULL Pointer Dereference in Linux

Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 98.84%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedFeb 27
Latest updateSep 3

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: gpiolib: Fix crash on error in gpiochip_get_ngpios() The gpiochip_get_ngpios() uses chip_*() macros to print messages. However these macros rely on gpiodev to be initialised and set, which is not the case when called via bgpio_init(). In such a case the printing messages will crash on NULL pointer dereference. Replace chip_*() macros by the respective dev_*() ones to avoid such crash.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages7 packages

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

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OSV
linux-azure, linux-azure-6.8, linux-azure-nvidia vulnerabilities2025-09-03
OSV
linux-gke, linux-hwe-6.8, linux-nvidia, linux-nvidia-6.8, linux-nvidia-lowlatency, linux-raspi vulnerabilities2025-08-28
OSV
linux-raspi-realtime vulnerabilities2025-08-26
OSV
linux-oracle, linux-oracle-6.8 vulnerabilities2025-08-21
OSV
linux-aws-6.8, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-6.8, linux-gkeop, linux-ibm, linux-ibm-6.8 vulnerabilities2025-08-20

📋Vendor Advisories

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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities2025-09-03
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities2025-08-28
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi Real-time) vulnerabilities2025-08-26
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Oracle) vulnerabilities2025-08-21
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities2025-08-20
CVE-2025-21783 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Linux | cvebase