CVE-2025-21948 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Linux

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference102 documents7 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV8.8OSV7.8OSV7.1OSV5.9OSV4.7
EPSS
0.1%
top 73.76%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
8
LinuxLinux KernelDebian Linux+5 more
Timeline
PublishedApr 1
Latest updateOct 15

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: HID: appleir: Fix potential NULL dereference at raw event handle Syzkaller reports a NULL pointer dereference issue in input_event(). BUG: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in instrument_atomic_read include/linux/instrumented.h:68 [inline] BUG: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in _test_bit include/asm-generic/bitops/instrumented-non-atomic.h:141 [inline] BUG: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in is_event_supported drivers/input/input.c:67 [inline] BUG: KASAN: …

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 Packages10 packages

▶NVDlinux/linux_kernel3.10 — 5.4.291+7
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.10.237-1+3
▶Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 5.4.0-216.236+2

Patches

Patch: git.kernel.org ↗Patch: git.kernel.org ↗Patch: git.kernel.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

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OSV
linux-oracle-6.8 vulnerabilities↗2025-10-15
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OSV
linux-azure-nvidia vulnerabilities↗2025-10-08
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OSV
linux-oracle vulnerabilities↗2025-10-06
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OSV
linux-azure, linux-azure-6.8 vulnerabilities↗2025-10-02
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OSV
linux-raspi-realtime vulnerabilities↗2025-10-02
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Oracle) vulnerabilities↗2025-10-15
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Azure, N-Series) vulnerabilities↗2025-10-08
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Oracle) vulnerabilities↗2025-10-06
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi Real-time) vulnerabilities↗2025-10-02
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities↗2025-10-02
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