CVE-2025-38113
Published: Jul 3, 2025
Modified: May 11, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ACPI: CPPC: Fix NULL pointer dereference when nosmp is used With nosmp in cmdline, other CPUs are not brought up, leaving their cpc_desc_ptr NULL. CPU0's iteration via for_each_possible_cpu() dereferences these NULL pointers, causing panic. Panic backtrace: [ 0.401123] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000000000000b8 ... [ 0.403255] [<ffffffff809a5818>] cppc_allow_fast_switch+0x6a/0xd4 ... Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! [ rjw: New subject ]
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Linux | Linux | affected 3cc30dd00a580ca0c9c0b01639841cfd72d10129 - < 356d09c7f5bf525086002a34f8bae40b134d1611affected 3cc30dd00a580ca0c9c0b01639841cfd72d10129 - < c6dad167aade4bf0bef9130f2f149f4249fc4ad0affected 3cc30dd00a580ca0c9c0b01639841cfd72d10129 - < 32a48db4cf28ea087214c261da8476db218d08bdaffected 3cc30dd00a580ca0c9c0b01639841cfd72d10129 - < 1a677d0ceb4a5d62117b711a8b2e0aee80d33015affected 3cc30dd00a580ca0c9c0b01639841cfd72d10129 - < 15eece6c5b05e5f9db0711978c3e3b7f1a2cfe12 |
Linux | Linux | affected 5.19unaffected 0 - < 5.19unaffected 6.1.142 - <= 6.1.*unaffected 6.6.94 - <= 6.6.*unaffected 6.12.34 - <= 6.12.*+2 more versions |
References
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