CVE-2025-37831

MEDIUM EPSS 4.5%
Published May 8, 20251y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
5.5 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published May 8, 2025 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cpufreq: apple-soc: Fix null-ptr-deref in apple_soc_cpufreq_get_rate() cpufreq_cpu_get_raw() can return NULL when the target CPU is not present in the policy->cpus mask. apple_soc_cpufreq_get_rate() does not check for this case, which results in a NULL pointer dereference.

CVSS Details

Base Score
5.5
Exploitability
1.8
Impact
3.6
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity None
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
4.5% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference Memory Safety

Affected Products 6

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.2  –  <6.6.89
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.7  –  <6.12.26
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.13  –  <6.14.5
linuxlinux_kernel6.15any
linuxlinux_kernel6.15any
linuxlinux_kernel6.15any

References 4

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/01e86ea22610d98ae6141e428019a6916e79f725
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1053dcf8a504d4933bb3f73df22bc363298d194b
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9992649f6786921873a9b89dafa5e04d8c5fef2b
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fbdba5f37413dbc09d82ad7235e5b7a2fb8e0f75
    Patch

Remediation

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/01e86ea22610d98ae6141e428019a6916e79f725
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1053dcf8a504d4933bb3f73df22bc363298d194b
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9992649f6786921873a9b89dafa5e04d8c5fef2b
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fbdba5f37413dbc09d82ad7235e5b7a2fb8e0f75
    Patch