CVE-2025-21940

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amdkfd: Fix NULL Pointer Dereference in KFD queue Through KFD IOCTL Fuzzing we encountered a NULL pointer derefrence when calling kfd_queue_acquire_buffers. (cherry picked from commit 049e5bf3c8406f87c3d8e1958e0a16804fa1d530)

CVSS v3 5.5 MEDIUM

5.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/33eb8041c5d6c19d46e7bfd23a031844336afd80	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c3cbeafb4e0001d9146df50b470885e02664f3c7	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fd617ea3b79d2116d53f76cdb5a3601c0ba6e42f	Patch

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc1::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc2::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc3::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc4::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc5::::::

History

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Information

Published : 2025-04-01 16:15

Updated : 2025-10-01 20:18

NVD link : CVE-2025-21940

Mitre link : CVE-2025-21940

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-21940

JSON object : View

Products Affected

linux

linux_kernel

CWE

CWE-476

NULL Pointer Dereference

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