CVE-2025-37755
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: libwx: handle page_pool_dev_alloc_pages error page_pool_dev_alloc_pages could return NULL.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.35%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: libwx: handle page_pool_dev_alloc_pages error page_pool_dev_alloc_pages could return NULL. There was a WARN_ON(!page) but it would still proceed to use the NULL pointer and then crash. This is similar to commit 001ba0902046 ("net: fec: handle page_pool_dev_alloc_pages error"). This is found by our static analysis tool KNighter.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.35% probability · 29th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-476
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1dd13c60348f515acd8c6f25a561b9c4e3b04feaPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7f1ff1b38a7c8b872382b796023419d87d78c47ePatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/90bec7cef8805f9a23145e070dff28a02bb584ebPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad81d666e114ebf989fc9994d4c93d451dc60056Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c17ef974bfcf1a50818168b47c4606b425a957c4Patch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.