Vulnerability · Published Sep 19, 2025 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2025-39865tee: fix NULL pointer dereference in tee_shm_put

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 6% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 94.4% 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: tee: fix NULL pointer dereference in tee_shm_put tee_shm_put have NULL pointer dereference: __optee_disable_shm_cache --> shm = reg_pair_to_ptr(...);//shm maybe return NULL tee_shm_free(shm); --> tee_shm_put(shm);//crash Add check in tee_shm_put to fix it. panic log: Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 0000000000100cca 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=0000002049d07000 [0000000000100cca] pgd=0000000000000000, p4d=0000000000000000 Internal error: Oops: 0000000096000004 [#1] SMP CPU: 2 PID: 14442 Comm: systemd-sleep Tainted: P OE ------- ---- 6.6.0-39-generic #38 Source Version: 938b255f6cb8817c95b0dd5c8c2944acfce94b07 Hardware name: greatwall GW-001Y1A-FTH, BIOS Great Wall BIOS V3.0 10/26/2022 pstate: 80000005 (Nzcv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) pc : tee_shm_put+0x24/0x188 lr : tee_shm_free+0x14/0x28 sp : ffff001f98f9faf0 x29: ffff001f98f9faf0 x28: ffff0020df543cc0 x27: 0000000000000000 x26: ffff001f811344a0 x25: ffff8000818dac00 x24: ffff800082d8d048 x23: ffff001f850fcd18 x22: 0000000000000001 x21: ffff001f98f9fb88 x20: ffff001f83e76218 x19: ffff001f83e761e0 x18: 000000000000ffff x17: 303a30303a303030 x16: 0000000000000000 x15: 0000000000000003 x14: 0000000000000001 x13: 0000000000000000 x12: 0101010101010101 x11: 0000000000000001 x10: 0000000000000001 x9 : ffff800080e08d0c x8 : ffff001f98f9fb88 x7 : 0000000000000000 x6 : 0000000000000000 x5 : 0000000000000000 x4 : 0000000000000000 x3 : 0000000000000000 x2 : ffff001f83e761e0 x1 : 00000000ffff001f x0 : 0000000000100cca Call trace: tee_shm_put+0x24/0x188 tee_shm_free+0x14/0x28 __optee_disable_shm_cache+0xa8/0x108 optee_shutdown+0x28/0x38 platform_shutdown+0x28/0x40 device_shutdown+0x144/0x2b0 kernel_power_off+0x3c/0x80 hibernate+0x35c/0x388 state_store+0x64/0x80 kobj_attr_store+0x14/0x28 sysfs_kf_write+0x48/0x60 kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x128/0x1c0 vfs_write+0x270/0x370 ksys_write+0x6c/0x100 __arm64_sys_write+0x20/0x30 invoke_syscall+0x4c/0x120 el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x44/0xf0 do_el0_svc+0x24/0x38 el0_svc+0x24/0x88 el0t_64_sync_handler+0x134/0x150 el0t_64_sync+0x14c/0x15

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux6.1.153-1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-39865
Debian:13linux6.12.48-1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-39865
Debian:14linux6.16.6-1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-39865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-163.173UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39865
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux6.8.0-106.106UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1097.104UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39865
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws6.8.0-1050.53UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39865
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.86.8.0-1050.53~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1101.110UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39865
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure6.8.0-1051.57UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39865
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39865
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.86.8.0-1051.57~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.15.0-1102.111.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39865
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde6.8.0-1058.65UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39865
Ubuntu:25.10linux-azure-fdeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39865
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.86.8.0-1058.65~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39865
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidiano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39865
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidia-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1097.106UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39865
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp6.8.0-1052.55UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39865
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39865
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.86.8.0-1052.55~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1093.99UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39865
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gke6.8.0-1048.53UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1080.88UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39865
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeop6.8.0-1035.38UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39865
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39865
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.86.8.0-106.106~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1091.94UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39865
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibm6.8.0-1049.49UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm-6.86.8.0-1049.49~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39865
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-intelno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1092.98UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1089.94UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-163.173UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39865
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency6.8.0-106.106.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39865
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.86.8.0-106.106.1~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1092.93UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39865
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia6.8.0-1049.52UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39865
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.86.8.0-1049.52~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39865
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-lowlatency6.8.0-1049.52.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra5.15.0-1049.49UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39865
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra6.8.0-1020.20UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra-igx5.15.0-1038.38UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39865
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39865
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39865
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1094.100UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39865
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle6.8.0-1047.48UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39865
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.86.8.0-1047.48~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1091.94UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39865
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi6.8.0-1050.54UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39865
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39865
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39865
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39865
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.86.8.0-106.106~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39865
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-xilinx6.8.0-1028.29UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39865
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-xilinx-zynqmp5.15.0-1061.65UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39865

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux c05d8f66ec3470e5212c4d08c46d6cb5738d600d – before f266188603c34e6e234fb0dfc3185f0ba98d71b7492eb7afe858d60408b2da09adc78540c4d16543 – before 4377eac565c297fdfccd2f8e9bf94ee84ff6172fdfd0743f1d9ea76931510ed150334d571fbab49d – before 25e315bc8ad363bd1194e49062f183ad4011957edfd0743f1d9ea76931510ed150334d571fbab49d – before add1ecc8f3ad8df22e3599c5c88d7907cc2a3079dfd0743f1d9ea76931510ed150334d571fbab49d – before 963fca19fe34c496e04f7dd133b807b76a5434cadfd0743f1d9ea76931510ed150334d571fbab49d – before 5e07a4235bb85d9ef664411e4ff4ac34783c18ffdfd0743f1d9ea76931510ed150334d571fbab49d – before e4a718a3a47e89805c3be9d46a84de1949a98d5d3d556a28bbfe34a80b014db49908b0f1bcb1ae80
Linux Linux 5.16

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