CVE-2025-37829
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CVE Details
| Release Date: | 2025-05-08 | |
| Impact: | Moderate | What is this? |
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cpufreq: scpi: Fix null-ptr-deref in scpi_cpufreq_get_rate() cpufreq_cpu_get_raw() can return NULL when the target CPU is not present in the policy->cpus mask. scpi_cpufreq_get_rate() does not check for this case, which results in a NULL pointer dereference.
See more information about CVE-2025-37829 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD
NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
CVSS v3 metrics
| Base Score: | 5.5 |
| Vector String: | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| Version: | 3.1 |
| Attack Vector: | Local |
| Attack Complexity: | Low |
| Privileges Required: | Low |
| User Interaction: | None |
| Scope: | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | None |
| Availability Impact: | High |
Errata information
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2025-20471 | 2025-07-14 |
| Oracle Linux version 8 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2025-20470 | 2025-07-14 |
| Oracle Linux version 8 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2025-20471 | 2025-07-14 |
| Oracle Linux version 9 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2025-20470 | 2025-07-14 |
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