CVE-2025-37842 — Premature Release of Resource During Expected Lifetime in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV3.2
EPSS
0.1%
top 76.25%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedMay 9
Latest updateMar 25
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
spi: fsl-qspi: use devm function instead of driver remove
Driver use devm APIs to manage clk/irq/resources and register the spi
controller, but the legacy remove function will be called first during
device detach and trigger kernel panic. Drop the remove function and use
devm_add_action_or_reset() for driver cleanup to ensure the release
sequence.
Trigger kernel panic on i.MX8MQ by
echo 30bb0000.spi >/sys/bus/platform/drivers…
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