CVE-2025-39923

MEDIUM EPSS 3.7%
Published Oct 1, 20259mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
5.5 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Oct 1, 2025 9mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dmaengine: qcom: bam_dma: Fix DT error handling for num-channels/ees When we don't have a clock specified in the device tree, we have no way to ensure the BAM is on. This is often the case for remotely-controlled or remotely-powered BAM instances. In this case, we need to read num-channels from the DT to have all the necessary information to complete probing. However, at the moment invalid device trees without clock and without num-channels still continue probing, because the error handling is missing return statements. The driver will then later try to read the number of channels from the registers. This is unsafe, because it relies on boot firmware and lucky timing to succeed. Unfortunately, the lack of proper error handling here has been abused for several Qualcomm SoCs upstream, causing early boot crashes in several situations [1, 2]. Avoid these early crashes by erroring out when any of the required DT properties are missing. Note that this will break some of the existing DTs upstream (mainly BAM instances related to the crypto engine). However, clearly these DTs have never been tested properly, since the error in the kernel log was just ignored. It's safer to disable the crypto engine for these broken DTBs. [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/r/CY01EKQVWE36.B9X5TDXAREPF@fairphone.com/ [2]: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230626145959.646747-1-krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org/

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
3.7% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Affected Products 15

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel*≥4.9.104  –  <4.10
linuxlinux_kernel*≥4.14.45  –  <4.15
linuxlinux_kernel*≥4.16.13  –  <5.4.300
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.5  –  <5.10.245
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.11  –  <5.15.194
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.16  –  <6.1.153
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.2  –  <6.6.107
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.7  –  <6.12.48
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.13  –  <6.16.8
linuxlinux_kernel6.17any
linuxlinux_kernel6.17any
linuxlinux_kernel6.17any
linuxlinux_kernel6.17any
linuxlinux_kernel6.17any
debiandebian_linux11.0any

References 9

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0ff9df758af7022d749718fb6b8385cc5693acf3
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1d98ba204d8a6db0d986c7f1aefaa0dcd1c007a2
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1fc14731f0be4885e60702b9596d14d9a79cf053
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e257a6125c63350f00dc42b9674f20fd3cf4a9f
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5068b5254812433e841a40886e695633148d362d
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/555bd16351a35c79efb029a196975a5a27f7fbc4
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6ac1599d0e78036d9d08efc2f58c2d91f0a3ee4c
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ebf6c7c908e5999531c3517289598f187776124f
    Patch
  • lists.debian.org https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html
    Third Party Advisory

Remediation

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0ff9df758af7022d749718fb6b8385cc5693acf3
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1d98ba204d8a6db0d986c7f1aefaa0dcd1c007a2
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1fc14731f0be4885e60702b9596d14d9a79cf053
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e257a6125c63350f00dc42b9674f20fd3cf4a9f
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5068b5254812433e841a40886e695633148d362d
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/555bd16351a35c79efb029a196975a5a27f7fbc4
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6ac1599d0e78036d9d08efc2f58c2d91f0a3ee4c
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ebf6c7c908e5999531c3517289598f187776124f
    Patch