What is CVE-2025-22078?

CVE-2025-22078 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 6.11 onward and patched in 6.12.23, 6.13.11, 6.14.2 and others. CVE-2025-22078 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-22078?

CVE-2025-22078 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2025-22078?

Yes, CVE-2025-22078 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.12.23, 6.13.11, 6.14.2 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 6.11 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2025-22078 actively exploited?

CVE-2025-22078 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2025-22078

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: vchiq_arm: Fix possible NPR of keep-alive thread In case vchiq_platform_conn_state_changed() is never called or fails before driver removal, ka_thread won't be a valid pointer to a task_struct. So do the necessary checks before calling kthread_stop to avoid a crash.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2025-04-16

Last modified 2025-10-31

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Yes

CVSS 3.1 score

5.5

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Vector string

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 6.11 and later are affected. Fixed in 6.12.23, 6.13.11, 6.14.2, 6.15 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 6.11

Fixed in

✓ 6.12.23 6.12.x ✓ 6.13.11 6.13.x ✓ 6.14.2 6.14.x ✓ 6.15

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2025-22078 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1817c4b85011998604e5ff9a80a6e01adb7e7e81
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3db89bc6d973e2bcaa852f6409c98c228f39a926
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a915c896f95a989a7759a73f8c064f5dc3775175
Patch

4 patch commits total View all on NVD

Details

CVE ID CVE-2025-22078

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2025-04-16

Modified 2025-10-31

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-22078?

CVE-2025-22078 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 6.11 onward and has been patched in 6.12.23, 6.13.11, 6.14.2 and others. CVE-2025-22078 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-22078?

CVE-2025-22078 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2025-22078?

Yes — CVE-2025-22078 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.12.23, 6.13.11, 6.14.2 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 6.11 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2025-22078 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2025-22078 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.