CVE-2025-22092 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 78.04%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedApr 16
Latest updateJul 8
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
PCI: Fix NULL dereference in SR-IOV VF creation error path
Clean up when virtfn setup fails to prevent NULL pointer dereference
during device removal. The kernel oops below occurred due to incorrect
error handling flow when pci_setup_device() fails.
Add pci_iov_scan_device(), which handles virtfn allocation and setup and
cleans up if pci_setup_device() fails, so pci_iov_add_virtfn() doesn't need
to call pci_stop_and_remove_bu…
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 Packages5 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linuxe3f30d563a388220a7c4e3b9a7b52ac0b0324b26 — ef421b4d206f0d3681804b8f94f06a8458a53aaf+3
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
5OSV▶
CVE-2025-22092: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: PCI: Fix NULL dereference in SR-IOV VF creation error path Clean up when virtfn se↗2025-04-16
GHSA▶
GHSA-83jq-f5p9-r6x4: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
PCI: Fix NULL dereference in SR-IOV VF creation error path
Clean up when virtfn↗2025-04-16
📋Vendor Advisories
5Debian▶
CVE-2025-22092: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: PCI: Fix NU...↗2025