CVE-2025-21918 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV5.9OSV4.7
EPSS
0.1%
top 74.34%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedApr 1
Latest updateOct 15
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
usb: typec: ucsi: Fix NULL pointer access
Resources should be released only after all threads that utilize them
have been destroyed.
This commit ensures that resources are not released prematurely by waiting
for the associated workqueue to complete before deallocating them.
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