CVE-2025-22065: idpf: fix adapter NULL pointer dereference on reboot

Q: What is the severity of CVE-2025-22065?

CVE-2025-22065 has a high severity due to the potential for a NULL pointer dereference, which can lead to system crashes.

Q: How do I fix CVE-2025-22065?

To fix CVE-2025-22065, update the Linux kernel to the latest version where this vulnerability has been patched.

Q: What versions of the Linux kernel are affected by CVE-2025-22065?

CVE-2025-22065 affects specific versions of the Linux kernel that support SRIOV and include the vulnerable code.

Q: What are the implications of CVE-2025-22065 exploitation?

Exploitation of CVE-2025-22065 could allow an attacker to cause system instability or crashes, impacting availability.

Q: Is CVE-2025-22065 specific to any Linux distributions?

CVE-2025-22065 can affect any Linux distribution that uses the vulnerable version of the Linux kernel with the SRIOV feature enabled.

Published Apr 16, 2025

Updated

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

idpf: fix adapter NULL pointer dereference on reboot

With SRIOV enabled, idpf ends up calling into idpfremove() twice. First via idpfshutdown() and then again when idpfremove() calls into sriovdisable(), because the VF devices use the idpf driver, hence the same remove routine. When that happens, it is possible for the adapter to be NULL from the first call to idpfremove(), leading to a NULL pointer dereference.

echo 1 > /sys/class/net/<netif>/device/sriovnumvfs reboot

BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000020 ... RIP: 0010:idpfremove+0x22/0x1f0 [idpf] ... ? idpfremove+0x22/0x1f0 [idpf] ? idpfremove+0x1e4/0x1f0 [idpf] pcideviceremove+0x3f/0xb0 devicereleasedriverinternal+0x19f/0x200 pcistopbusdevice+0x6d/0x90 pcistopandremovebusdevice+0x12/0x20 pciiovremovevirtfn+0xbe/0x120 sriovdisable+0x34/0xe0 idpfsriovconfigure+0x58/0x140 [idpf] idpfremove+0x1b9/0x1f0 [idpf] idpfshutdown+0x12/0x30 [idpf] pcideviceshutdown+0x35/0x60 deviceshutdown+0x156/0x200 ...

Replace the direct idpfremove() call in idpfshutdown() with idpfvccoredeinit() and idpfdeinitdfltmbx(), which perform the bulk of the cleanup, such as stopping the init task, freeing IRQs, destroying the vports and freeing the mailbox. This avoids the calls to sriovdisable() in addition to a small netdev cleanup, and destroying workqueues, which don't seem to be required on shutdown.

Affected Software

130 affected componentsFixes available

Linux Kernel

Linux Linux kernel>=6.7<6.12.23

Linux Linux kernel>=6.13<6.13.11

Linux Linux kernel>=6.14<6.14.2

ubuntu/linux-hwe-edge*

ubuntu/linux-aws-5.0*

ubuntu/linux-aws-5.3*

ubuntu/linux-azure*

ubuntu/linux-azure-5.3*

ubuntu/linux-azure-edge*

ubuntu/linux-gcp*

ubuntu/linux-gcp-5.3*

ubuntu/linux-gke-4.15*

ubuntu/linux-gke-5.4*

ubuntu/linux-gkeop-5.4*

ubuntu/linux-hwe*

ubuntu/linux-hwe-edge*

ubuntu/linux-oem*

ubuntu/linux-oracle-5.0*

ubuntu/linux-oracle-5.3*

ubuntu/linux-aws-5.11*

ubuntu/linux-aws-5.13*

ubuntu/linux-aws-5.8*

ubuntu/linux-azure-5.11*

ubuntu/linux-azure-5.13*

ubuntu/linux-azure-5.8*

ubuntu/linux-azure-fde*

ubuntu/linux-gcp-5.11*

ubuntu/linux-gcp-5.13*

ubuntu/linux-gcp-5.15*

ubuntu/linux-gcp-5.8*

ubuntu/linux-gke*

ubuntu/linux-gke-5.15*

ubuntu/linux-gkeop*

ubuntu/linux-gkeop-5.15*

ubuntu/linux-hwe-5.11*

ubuntu/linux-hwe-5.13*

ubuntu/linux-hwe-5.8*

ubuntu/linux-intel-5.13*

ubuntu/linux-oem-5.10*

ubuntu/linux-oem-5.13*

ubuntu/linux-oem-5.6*

ubuntu/linux-oracle-5.11*

ubuntu/linux-oracle-5.13*

ubuntu/linux-oracle-5.8*

ubuntu/linux-raspi2*

ubuntu/linux-riscv*

ubuntu/linux-riscv-5.11*

ubuntu/linux-riscv-5.8*

ubuntu/linux-allwinner-5.19*

ubuntu/linux-aws-5.19*

ubuntu/linux-aws-6.2*

ubuntu/linux-aws-6.5*

ubuntu/linux-aws-6.8<6.8.0-1041.43~22.04.1

6.8.0-1041.43~22.04.1

ubuntu/linux-azure-5.19*

ubuntu/linux-azure-6.2*

ubuntu/linux-azure-6.5*

ubuntu/linux-azure-6.8<6.8.0-1041.47~22.04.1

6.8.0-1041.47~22.04.1

ubuntu/linux-azure-fde-5.19*

ubuntu/linux-azure-fde-6.2*

ubuntu/linux-gcp*

ubuntu/linux-gcp-5.19*

ubuntu/linux-gcp-6.2*

ubuntu/linux-gcp-6.5*

ubuntu/linux-gcp-6.8<6.8.0-1042.45~22.04.1

6.8.0-1042.45~22.04.1

ubuntu/linux-gke*

ubuntu/linux-hwe-5.19*

ubuntu/linux-hwe-6.2*

ubuntu/linux-hwe-6.5*

ubuntu/linux-hwe-6.8<6.8.0-86.87~22.04.1

6.8.0-86.87~22.04.1

ubuntu/linux-ibm-6.8<6.8.0-1039.39~22.04.1

6.8.0-1039.39~22.04.1

ubuntu/linux-intel-iot-realtime*

ubuntu/linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19*

ubuntu/linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2*

ubuntu/linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5*

ubuntu/linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8<6.8.0-86.87.1~22.04.1

6.8.0-86.87.1~22.04.1

ubuntu/linux-nvidia-6.2*

ubuntu/linux-nvidia-6.5*

ubuntu/linux-nvidia-6.8<6.8.0-1041.44~22.04.2

6.8.0-1041.44~22.04.2

ubuntu/linux-oem-5.17*

ubuntu/linux-oem-6.0*

ubuntu/linux-oem-6.1*

ubuntu/linux-oem-6.5*

ubuntu/linux-oracle-6.5*

ubuntu/linux-oracle-6.8<6.8.0-1038.39~22.04.1

6.8.0-1038.39~22.04.1

ubuntu/linux-realtime*

ubuntu/linux-riscv*

ubuntu/linux-riscv-5.19*

ubuntu/linux-riscv-6.5*

ubuntu/linux-riscv-6.8<6.8.0-86.87~22.04.1

6.8.0-86.87~22.04.1

ubuntu/linux-starfive-5.19*

ubuntu/linux-starfive-6.2*

ubuntu/linux-starfive-6.5*

ubuntu/linux-realtime-6.8<6.8.1-1036.37~22.04.1

6.8.1-1036.37~22.04.1

ubuntu/linux-gcp-fips*

ubuntu/linux<6.8.0-86.87

6.8.0-86.87

ubuntu/linux-aws<6.8.0-1041.43

6.8.0-1041.43

ubuntu/linux-azure<6.8.0-1041.47

6.8.0-1041.47

ubuntu/linux-azure-6.11<6.11.0-1018.18~24.04.1

6.11.0-1018.18~24.04.1

ubuntu/linux-azure-nvidia<6.8.0-1029.32

6.8.0-1029.32

ubuntu/linux-gcp<6.8.0-1042.45

6.8.0-1042.45

ubuntu/linux-gcp-6.11<6.11.0-1016.16~24.04.1

6.11.0-1016.16~24.04.1

ubuntu/linux-gke<6.8.0-1038.43

6.8.0-1038.43

ubuntu/linux-gkeop<6.8.0-1025.28

6.8.0-1025.28

ubuntu/linux-hwe-6.11<6.11.0-28.28~24.04.1

6.11.0-28.28~24.04.1

ubuntu/linux-ibm<6.8.0-1039.39

6.8.0-1039.39

ubuntu/linux-intel*

ubuntu/linux-lowlatency<6.8.0-86.87.1

6.8.0-86.87.1

ubuntu/linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11<6.11.0-1015.16~24.04.2

6.11.0-1015.16~24.04.2

ubuntu/linux-nvidia<6.8.0-1041.44

6.8.0-1041.44

ubuntu/linux-nvidia-6.11<6.11.0-1012.12

6.11.0-1012.12

ubuntu/linux-nvidia-lowlatency<6.8.0-1041.44.1

6.8.0-1041.44.1

ubuntu/linux-nvidia-tegra<6.8.0-1012.12

6.8.0-1012.12

ubuntu/linux-oem-6.11<6.11.0-1024.24

6.11.0-1024.24

ubuntu/linux-oem-6.8*

ubuntu/linux-oracle<6.8.0-1038.39

6.8.0-1038.39

ubuntu/linux-raspi<6.8.0-1041.45

6.8.0-1041.45

ubuntu/linux-raspi-realtime*

ubuntu/linux-realtime*

ubuntu/linux-riscv*

ubuntu/linux-xilinx<6.8.0-1018.19

6.8.0-1018.19

ubuntu/linux-bluefield<6.8.0-1012.16

6.8.0-1012.16

ubuntu/linux-raspi-realtime<6.8.0-2032.33

6.8.0-2032.33

ubuntu/linux-realtime<6.8.1-1036.37

6.8.1-1036.37

ubuntu/linux-aws-fips<6.8.0-1041.43+fips1

6.8.0-1041.43+fips1

ubuntu/linux-azure-fips<6.8.0-1044.50+fips1

6.8.0-1044.50+fips1

ubuntu/linux-fips<6.8.0-86.87+fips1

6.8.0-86.87+fips1

ubuntu/linux-gcp-fips<6.8.0-1042.45+fips1

6.8.0-1042.45+fips1

ubuntu/linux-azure-fde*

ubuntu/linux-vmware*

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

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Fixed in 6.8.0-1041.43~22.04.1
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Fixed in 6.8.0-1041.47~22.04.1
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Fixed in 6.8.0-1042.45~22.04.1
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Fixed in 6.8.0-86.87~22.04.1
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Fixed in 6.8.0-1039.39~22.04.1
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Fixed in 6.8.0-86.87.1~22.04.1
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Fixed in 6.8.0-1041.44~22.04.2
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Fixed in 6.8.0-1038.39~22.04.1
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Fixed in 6.8.0-2032.33
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Fixed in 6.8.1-1036.37
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Fixed in 6.8.0-1041.43+fips1
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Fixed in 6.8.0-1044.50+fips1
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Fixed in 6.8.0-86.87+fips1
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Fixed in 6.8.0-1042.45+fips1

Event History

Apr 16, 2025

CVE Published

via MITRE·02:12 PM

Data Sourced

via MITRE·02:12 PM

Description

Data Sourced

via NVD·03:16 PM

RemedyDescriptionSeverityWeaknessAffected Software

Data Sourced

via OSV·03:16 PM

DescriptionSeverityAffected Software

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2025-22065?

CVE-2025-22065 has a high severity due to the potential for a NULL pointer dereference, which can lead to system crashes.

How do I fix CVE-2025-22065?

To fix CVE-2025-22065, update the Linux kernel to the latest version where this vulnerability has been patched.

What versions of the Linux kernel are affected by CVE-2025-22065?

CVE-2025-22065 affects specific versions of the Linux kernel that support SRIOV and include the vulnerable code.

What are the implications of CVE-2025-22065 exploitation?

Exploitation of CVE-2025-22065 could allow an attacker to cause system instability or crashes, impacting availability.

Is CVE-2025-22065 specific to any Linux distributions?

CVE-2025-22065 can affect any Linux distribution that uses the vulnerable version of the Linux kernel with the SRIOV feature enabled.

CVE-2025-22065: idpf: fix adapter NULL pointer dereference on reboot

Affected Software

Remediation

Event History

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2025-22065?

How do I fix CVE-2025-22065?

What versions of the Linux kernel are affected by CVE-2025-22065?

What are the implications of CVE-2025-22065 exploitation?

Is CVE-2025-22065 specific to any Linux distributions?

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