CVE-2025-37876 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Linux

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer DereferenceCWE-166 — Improper Handling of Missing Special Element11 documents6 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 84.95%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
LinuxLinux KernelDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedMay 9
Latest updateJul 8

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfs: Only create /proc/fs/netfs with CONFIG_PROC_FS When testing a special config: CONFIG_NETFS_SUPPORTS=y CONFIG_PROC_FS=n The system crashes with something like: [ 3.766197] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 3.766484] kernel BUG at mm/mempool.c:560! [ 3.766789] Oops: invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI [ 3.767123] CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Tainted: G W [ 3.767777] Tainted: [W]=WARN [ 3.767968] Hardware n…

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

▶NVDlinux/linux_kernel6.8 — 6.12.26+2
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 6.12.27-1+1
▶Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 6.14.0-22.22
▶CVEListV5linux/linux7eb5b3e3a0a55f2d166ca949ef47ca6e0c704aab — 2ef6eea2efce01d1956ace483216f6b6e26330c9+3
▶debiandebian/linux< linux 6.12.27-1 (forky)

Patches

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

🔴Vulnerability Details

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OSV
linux-aws, linux-oracle vulnerabilities↗2025-07-08
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OSV
linux-azure vulnerabilities↗2025-06-26
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OSV
linux, linux-gcp, linux-raspi, linux-realtime vulnerabilities↗2025-06-24
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GHSA
GHSA-xp7w-6352-489g: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfs: Only create /proc/fs/netfs with CONFIG_PROC_FS When testing a special con↗2025-05-09
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OSV
CVE-2025-37876: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfs: Only create /proc/fs/netfs with CONFIG_PROC_FS When testing a special confi↗2025-05-09
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📋Vendor Advisories

5
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities↗2025-07-08
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities↗2025-06-26
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities↗2025-06-24
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Red Hat
kernel: netfs: Only create /proc/fs/netfs with CONFIG_PROC_FS↗2025-05-09
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Debian
CVE-2025-37876: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfs: Only...↗2025
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