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NULL Pointer Dereference

CVE-2025-37900

Severity Medium
Score 5.5/10

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iommu: Fix two issues in iommu_copy_struct_from_user() In the review for iommu_copy_struct_to_user() helper, Matt pointed out that a NULL pointer should be rejected prior to dereferencing it: https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected] And Alok pointed out a typo at the same time: https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected] Since both issues were copied from iommu_copy_struct_from_user(), fix them first in the current header.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • NONE
  • HIGH

CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference

A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published