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Vulnerability · Published May 20, 2025 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2025-37971staging: bcm2835-camera: Initialise dev in v4l2_dev

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 8% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 91.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: bcm2835-camera: Initialise dev in v4l2_dev Commit 42a2f6664e18 ("staging: vc04_services: Move global g_state to vchiq_state") changed mmal_init to pass dev->v4l2_dev.dev to vchiq_mmal_init, however nothing iniitialised dev->v4l2_dev, so we got a NULL pointer dereference. Set dev->v4l2_dev.dev during bcm2835_mmal_probe. The device pointer could be passed into v4l2_device_register to set it, however that also has other effects that would need additional changes.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:13linux6.12.29-1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-37971
Debian:14linux6.12.29-1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-37971
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-37971
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-37971
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.146.14.0-1011.11~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-37971
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.146.14.0-1011.11~24.04.1USN-7699-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-37971
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-37971
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-37971
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-37971
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-37971
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-37971
Ubuntu:25.10linux-azure-fdeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-37971
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-37971
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-37971
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-37971
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-37971
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.146.14.0-1014.15~24.04.1USN-7699-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.146.14.0-1014.15~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-37971
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-37971
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-37971
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-37971
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-37971
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.146.14.0-28.28~24.04.1USN-7699-2
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-37971
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-37971
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-37971
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-37971
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-37971
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-37971
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-37971
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-37971
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-37971
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-37971
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-37971
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-37971
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-37971
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-37971
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.146.14.0-1010.10USN-7699-2
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.146.14.0-1010.10UBUNTU-CVE-2025-37971
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-37971
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.146.14.0-1011.11~24.04.1USN-7699-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.146.14.0-1011.11~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-37971
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-37971
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-37971
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-37971
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-37971
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-37971
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-37971
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.146.14.0-28.28.1~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-37971
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-37971
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-37971
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-37971
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-37971

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 42a2f6664e18874302623f31edef545ef41e1d14 – before 06753f49336ab161ea0e249a0720125b81b7b31b42a2f6664e18874302623f31edef545ef41e1d14 – before b70bdd4923e8b8edbacde2af83ca337bb700526142a2f6664e18874302623f31edef545ef41e1d14 – before 98698ca0e58734bc5c1c24e5bbc7429f981cd186
Linux Linux 6.10

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