What is CVE-2025-37842?

CVE-2025-37842 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 5.2 onward and patched in 6.6.105, 6.12.36, 6.13.12 and others. CVE-2025-37842 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-37842?

CVE-2025-37842 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-2025-37842?

Yes, CVE-2025-37842 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.6.105, 6.12.36, 6.13.12 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 5.2 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2025-37842 actively exploited?

CVE-2025-37842 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2025-37842

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: spi: fsl-qspi: use devm function instead of driver remove Driver use devm APIs to manage clk/irq/resources and register the spi controller, but the legacy remove function will be called first during device detach and trigger kernel panic. Drop the remove function and use devm_add_action_or_reset() for driver cleanup to ensure the release sequence. Trigger kernel panic on i.MX8MQ by echo 30bb0000.spi >/sys/bus/platform/drivers/fsl-quadspi/unbind

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2025-05-09

Last modified 2025-11-17

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 5.2 and later are affected. Fixed in 6.6.105, 6.12.36, 6.13.12, 6.14.3, 6.15 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 5.2

Fixed in

✓ 6.6.105 6.6.x ✓ 6.12.36 6.12.x ✓ 6.13.12 6.13.x ✓ 6.14.3 6.14.x ✓ 6.15

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2025-37842 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/40369bfe717e96e26650eeecfa5a6363563df6e4
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/439688dbe82baa10d4430dc3252bb5ef1183a171
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/50ae352c1848cab408fb4f7d7f50c71f818bbdbf
Patch

5 patch commits total View all on NVD

Details

CVE ID CVE-2025-37842

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2025-05-09

Modified 2025-11-17

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-37842?

CVE-2025-37842 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 5.2 onward and has been patched in 6.6.105, 6.12.36, 6.13.12 and others. CVE-2025-37842 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-37842?

CVE-2025-37842 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-2025-37842?

Yes — CVE-2025-37842 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.6.105, 6.12.36, 6.13.12 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 5.2 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2025-37842 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2025-37842 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.