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CVE-2025-38255
published 2025-07-09

CVE-2025-38255: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: lib/group_cpus: fix NULL pointer dereference from group_cpus_evenly() While testing…

PriorityP419medium5.5CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
0.14%
3.7th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: lib/group_cpus: fix NULL pointer dereference from group_cpus_evenly() While testing null_blk with configfs, echo 0 > poll_queues will trigger following panic: BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000010 Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI CPU: 27 UID: 0 PID: 920 Comm: bash Not tainted 6.15.0-02023-gadbdb95c8696-dirty #1238 PREEMPT(undef) Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.16.1-2.fc37 04/01/2014 RIP: 0010:__bitmap_or+0x48/0x70 Call Trace: __group_cpus_evenly+0x822/0x8c0 group_cpus_evenly+0x2d9/0x490 blk_mq_map_queues+0x1e/0x110 null_map_queues+0xc9/0x170 [null_blk] blk_mq_update_queue_map+0xdb/0x160 blk_mq_update_nr_hw_queues+0x22b/0x560 nullb_update_nr_hw_queues+0x71/0xf0 [null_blk] nullb_device_poll_queues_store+0xa4/0x130 [null_blk] configfs_write_iter+0x109/0x1d0 vfs_write+0x26e/0x6f0 ksys_write+0x79/0x180 __x64_sys_write+0x1d/0x30 x64_sys_call+0x45c4/0x45f0 do_syscall_64+0xa5/0x240 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e Root cause is that numgrps is set to 0, and ZERO_SIZE_PTR is returned from kcalloc(), and later ZERO_SIZE_PTR will be deferenced. Fix the problem by checking numgrps first in group_cpus_evenly(), and return NULL directly if numgrps is zero. [[email protected]: also fix the non-SMP version]

Affected

22 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 6.12.37-1 (forky)linux 6.12.37-1 (forky)
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= 6a6dcae8f486c3f3298d0767d34505121c7b0b81 < 64a99eff8dcf1f951a544e6058341b2b19a8fdbd64a99eff8dcf1f951a544e6058341b2b19a8fdbd
linuxlinux>= 6a6dcae8f486c3f3298d0767d34505121c7b0b81 < 29d39e0d5f16c060e32542b2cf351c09fd22b25029d39e0d5f16c060e32542b2cf351c09fd22b250
linuxlinux>= 6a6dcae8f486c3f3298d0767d34505121c7b0b81 < 911ef2e8a7de5b2bae8ff11fb0bd01f699e6db65911ef2e8a7de5b2bae8ff11fb0bd01f699e6db65
linuxlinux>= 6a6dcae8f486c3f3298d0767d34505121c7b0b81 < df831e97739405ecbaddb85516bc7d4d1c933d6bdf831e97739405ecbaddb85516bc7d4d1c933d6b
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.12.37-16.12.37-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.12.37-16.12.37-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.8.0-100.1006.8.0-100.100
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.13 < 6.15.56.15.5
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.3 < 6.6.966.6.96
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.7 < 6.12.366.12.36
ubuntulinux-aws
ubuntulinux-aws-6.8
ubuntulinux-gkeop
ubuntulinux-nvidia
ubuntulinux-nvidia-6.8
ubuntulinux-oracle
ubuntulinux-oracle-6.8
ubuntulinux-raspi-realtime
ubuntulinux-realtime

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.15.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
osv5.6MEDIUM
vendor_ubuntu5.6MEDIUM
vendor_debian5.5LOW
vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM
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