Vulnerability · Published Apr 18, 2025 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2025-38152remoteproc: core: Clear table_sz when rproc_shutdown

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity null pointer dereference 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 0.3% (higher than 20% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 80.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: remoteproc: core: Clear table_sz when rproc_shutdown There is case as below could trigger kernel dump: Use U-Boot to start remote processor(rproc) with resource table published to a fixed address by rproc. After Kernel boots up, stop the rproc, load a new firmware which doesn't have resource table ,and start rproc. When starting rproc with a firmware not have resource table, `memcpy(loaded_table, rproc->cached_table, rproc->table_sz)` will trigger dump, because rproc->cache_table is set to NULL during the last stop operation, but rproc->table_sz is still valid. This issue is found on i.MX8MP and i.MX9. Dump as below: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000000 Mem abort info: ESR = 0x0000000096000004 EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits SET = 0, FnV = 0 EA = 0, S1PTW = 0 FSC = 0x04: level 0 translation fault Data abort info: ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000004, ISS2 = 0x00000000 CM = 0, WnR = 0, TnD = 0, TagAccess = 0 GCS = 0, Overlay = 0, DirtyBit = 0, Xs = 0 user pgtable: 4k pages, 48-bit VAs, pgdp=000000010af63000 [0000000000000000] pgd=0000000000000000, p4d=0000000000000000 Internal error: Oops: 0000000096000004 [#1] PREEMPT SMP Modules linked in: CPU: 2 UID: 0 PID: 1060 Comm: sh Not tainted 6.14.0-rc7-next-20250317-dirty #38 Hardware name: NXP i.MX8MPlus EVK board (DT) pstate: a0000005 (NzCv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) pc : __pi_memcpy_generic+0x110/0x22c lr : rproc_start+0x88/0x1e0 Call trace: __pi_memcpy_generic+0x110/0x22c (P) rproc_boot+0x198/0x57c state_store+0x40/0x104 dev_attr_store+0x18/0x2c sysfs_kf_write+0x7c/0x94 kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x120/0x1cc vfs_write+0x240/0x378 ksys_write+0x70/0x108 __arm64_sys_write+0x1c/0x28 invoke_syscall+0x48/0x10c el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0xc0/0xe0 do_el0_svc+0x1c/0x28 el0_svc+0x30/0xcc el0t_64_sync_handler+0x10c/0x138 el0t_64_sync+0x198/0x19c Clear rproc->table_sz to address the issue.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux6.1.135-1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-38152
Debian:12linux6.1.135-1DSA-5907-1
Debian:13linux6.12.25-1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-38152
Debian:14linux6.12.25-1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-38152
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-142.152UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38152
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux6.8.0-86.87UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38152
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38152
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1086.93UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38152
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws6.8.0-1041.43UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38152
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38152
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38152
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38152
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.86.8.0-1041.43~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38152
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1091.100UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38152
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure6.8.0-1041.47UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38152
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38152
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.116.11.0-1018.18~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38152
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38152
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38152
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.86.8.0-1041.47~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38152
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.15.0-1091.100.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38152
Ubuntu:25.10linux-azure-fdeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38152
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38152
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38152
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidia6.8.0-1029.32UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38152
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1085.94UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38152
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp6.8.0-1042.45UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38152
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38152
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.116.11.0-1016.16~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38152
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38152
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38152
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.86.8.0-1042.45~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38152
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1083.89UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38152
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gke6.8.0-1038.43UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38152
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1068.76UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38152
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeop6.8.0-1025.28UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38152
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38152
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.116.11.0-28.28~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38152
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38152
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38152
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.86.8.0-86.87~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38152
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1078.81UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38152
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibm6.8.0-1039.39UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38152
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm-6.86.8.0-1039.39~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38152
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-intelno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38152
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38152
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1081.87UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38152
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1082.87UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38152
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-142.152UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38152
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency6.8.0-86.87.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38152
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38152
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.116.11.0-1015.16~24.04.2UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38152
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38152
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38152
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.86.8.0-86.87.1~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38152
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1080.81UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38152
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia6.8.0-1041.44UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38152
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.116.11.0-1012.12UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38152
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38152
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38152
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.86.8.0-1041.44~22.04.2UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38152
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-lowlatency6.8.0-1041.44.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38152
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra5.15.0-1039.39UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38152
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra6.8.0-1012.12UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38152
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra-igx5.15.0-1028.28UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38152
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38152
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38152
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38152
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.116.11.0-1024.24UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38152
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38152
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38152
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1083.89UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38152
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle6.8.0-1038.39UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38152
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38152
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.86.8.0-1038.39~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38152
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1080.83UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38152
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi6.8.0-1041.45UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38152
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38152
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38152
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38152
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38152
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38152
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38152
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38152
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.86.8.0-86.87~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38152
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38152
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38152
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38152
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-xilinx6.8.0-1018.19UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38152
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-xilinx-zynqmp5.15.0-1050.54UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38152

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 9dc9507f1880fb6225e3e058cb5219b152cbf198 – before 6e66bca8cd51ebedd5d32426906a38e4a3c69c5f9dc9507f1880fb6225e3e058cb5219b152cbf198 – before e6015ca453b82ec54aec9682dcc38773948fcc489dc9507f1880fb6225e3e058cb5219b152cbf198 – before 7c6bb82a6f3da6ab2d3fbea03901482231708b989dc9507f1880fb6225e3e058cb5219b152cbf198 – before 2df19f5f6f72da6f6ebab7cdb3a3b9f7686bb4769dc9507f1880fb6225e3e058cb5219b152cbf198 – before 8e0fd2a3b9852ac3cf540edb06ccc0153b38b5af9dc9507f1880fb6225e3e058cb5219b152cbf198 – before 068f6648ff5b0c7adeb6c363fae7fb188aa178fa9dc9507f1880fb6225e3e058cb5219b152cbf198 – before efdde3d73ab25cef4ff2d06783b0aad8b093c0e4
Linux Linux 5.13

Weakness: CWE-476 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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