In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: avoid unregistering devlink regions which were never registered
Russell King reports that a system with mv88e6xxx dereferences a NULL
pointer when unbinding this driver:
https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/Z_lRkMlTJ1KQ0kVX@shell.armlinux.org.uk/
The crash seems to be in devlink_region_destroy(), which is not NULL
tolerant but is given a NULL devlink global region pointer.
At least on some chips, some devlink regions are conditionally registered
since the blamed commit, see mv88e6xxx_setup_devlink_regions_global():
if (cond && !cond(chip))
continue;
These are MV88E6XXX_REGION_STU and MV88E6XXX_REGION_PVT. If the chip
does not have an STU or PVT, it should crash like this.
To fix the issue, avoid unregistering those regions which are NULL, i.e.
were skipped at mv88e6xxx_setup_devlink_regions_global() time.
References
Configurations
Configuration 1 (hide)
|
History
31 Oct 2025, 20:03
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
|---|---|---|
| First Time |
Linux linux Kernel
Linux |
|
| CVSS |
v2 : v3 : |
v2 : unknown
v3 : 5.5 |
| CWE | CWE-476 | |
| CPE | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.15:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.15:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
|
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3665695e3572239dc233216f06b41f40cc771889 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f5e95945bb1e08be7655da6acba648274db457d - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8ccdf5e24b276848eefb2755e05ff0f005a0c4a1 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b3c70dfe51f10df60db2646c08cebd24bcdc5247 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bbb80f004f7a90c3dcaacc982c59967457254a05 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c84f6ce918a9e6f4996597cbc62536bbf2247c96 - Patch |
02 May 2025, 13:53
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
|---|---|---|
| Summary |
|
02 May 2025, 07:16
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
|---|---|---|
| References |
|
01 May 2025, 14:15
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
|---|---|---|
| New CVE |
Information
Published : 2025-05-01 14:15
Updated : 2025-10-31 20:03
NVD link : CVE-2025-37787
Mitre link : CVE-2025-37787
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-37787
JSON object : View
Products Affected
linux
- linux_kernel
CWE
CWE-476
NULL Pointer Dereference
