CVE-2025-37820 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV3.2
EPSS
0.1%
top 78.72%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedMay 8
Latest updateMar 25
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
xen-netfront: handle NULL returned by xdp_convert_buff_to_frame()
The function xdp_convert_buff_to_frame() may return NULL if it fails
to correctly convert the XDP buffer into an XDP frame due to memory
constraints, internal errors, or invalid data. Failing to check for NULL
may lead to a NULL pointer dereference if the result is used later in
processing, potentially causing crashes, data corruption, or undefined
behavior.
On…
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 Packages9 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linux6c5aa6fc4defc2a0977a2c59e4710d50fa1e834c — 5b83d30c63f9964acb1bc63eb8e670b9e0d2c240+5
Also affects: Debian Linux 11.0