CVE-2025-37800 — driver core: fix potential NULL pointer dereference in dev_uevent()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: driver core: fix potential NULL pointer dereference in dev_uevent() If userspace reads "uevent" device attr…
Published: 2025-05-08 · CVSS: 7.1 · CVSS 3.1
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: driver core: fix potential NULL pointer dereference in dev_uevent() If userspace reads "uevent" device attribute at the same time as another threads unbinds the device from its driver, change to dev->driver from a valid pointer to NULL may result in crash. Fix this by using READ_ONCE() when fetching the pointer, and take bus' drivers klist lock to make sure driver instance will not disappear while we access it. Use WRITE_ONCE() when setting the driver pointer to ensure there is no tearing.
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7