{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-21948 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Apply the vendor's patch.","what":"CVE-2025-21948 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 1 Apr 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2025-21948 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2025-21948 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 1 Apr 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-21948 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-21948/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-21948/index.md)","id":"CVE-2025-21948","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-21948/index.md","name":"CVE-2025-21948","record":{"aliases":["AZL-59946","AZL-59960","BELL-CVE-2025-21948","DEBIAN-CVE-2025-21948","GHSA-jxxv-c48x-753p","ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2404-CVE-2025-21948","UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21948"],"analysis":{"component_type":"kernel","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["denial_of_service"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Linux kernel HID driver","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"A NULL pointer dereference in the Linux kernel's Apple IR HID driver allows local attackers to cause a system crash via crafted USB input events.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"null_dereference"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Linux","cpe":[{"product":"linux_kernel","vendor":"linux"}],"cvss":{"score":5.5,"severity":"medium","source":"cisa-adp","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-476","name":"NULL Pointer Dereference"}],"description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nHID: appleir: Fix potential NULL dereference at raw event handle\n\nSyzkaller reports a NULL pointer dereference issue in input_event().\n\nBUG: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in instrument_atomic_read include/linux/instrumented.h:68 [inline]\nBUG: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in _test_bit include/asm-generic/bitops/instrumented-non-atomic.h:141 [inline]\nBUG: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in is_event_supported drivers/input/input.c:67 [inline]\nBUG: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in input_event+0x42/0xa0 drivers/input/input.c:395\nRead of size 8 at addr 0000000000000028 by task syz-executor199/2949\n\nCPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 2949 Comm: syz-executor199 Not tainted 6.13.0-rc4-syzkaller-00076-gf097a36ef88d #0\nHardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 09/13/2024\nCall Trace:\n \u003cIRQ\u003e\n __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:94 [inline]\n dump_stack_lvl+0x116/0x1f0 lib/dump_stack.c:120\n kasan_report+0xd9/0x110 mm/kasan/report.c:602\n check_region_inline mm/kasan/generic.c:183 [inline]\n kasan_check_range+0xef/0x1a0 mm/kasan/generic.c:189\n instrument_atomic_read include/linux/instrumented.h:68 [inline]\n _test_bit include/asm-generic/bitops/instrumented-non-atomic.h:141 [inline]\n is_event_supported drivers/input/input.c:67 [inline]\n input_event+0x42/0xa0 drivers/input/input.c:395\n input_report_key include/linux/input.h:439 [inline]\n key_down drivers/hid/hid-appleir.c:159 [inline]\n appleir_raw_event+0x3e5/0x5e0 drivers/hid/hid-appleir.c:232\n __hid_input_report.constprop.0+0x312/0x440 drivers/hid/hid-core.c:2111\n hid_ctrl+0x49f/0x550 drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-core.c:484\n __usb_hcd_giveback_urb+0x389/0x6e0 drivers/usb/core/hcd.c:1650\n usb_hcd_giveback_urb+0x396/0x450 drivers/usb/core/hcd.c:1734\n dummy_timer+0x17f7/0x3960 drivers/usb/gadget/udc/dummy_hcd.c:1993\n __run_hrtimer kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1739 [inline]\n __hrtimer_run_queues+0x20a/0xae0 kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1803\n hrtimer_run_softirq+0x17d/0x350 kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1820\n handle_softirqs+0x206/0x8d0 kernel/softirq.c:561\n __do_softirq kernel/softirq.c:595 [inline]\n invoke_softirq kernel/softirq.c:435 [inline]\n __irq_exit_rcu+0xfa/0x160 kernel/softirq.c:662\n irq_exit_rcu+0x9/0x30 kernel/softirq.c:678\n instr_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1049 [inline]\n sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x90/0xb0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1049\n \u003c/IRQ\u003e\n \u003cTASK\u003e\n asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x1a/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:702\n __mod_timer+0x8f6/0xdc0 kernel/time/timer.c:1185\n add_timer+0x62/0x90 kernel/time/timer.c:1295\n schedule_timeout+0x11f/0x280 kernel/time/sleep_timeout.c:98\n usbhid_wait_io+0x1c7/0x380 drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-core.c:645\n usbhid_init_reports+0x19f/0x390 drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-core.c:784\n hiddev_ioctl+0x1133/0x15b0 drivers/hid/usbhid/hiddev.c:794\n vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]\n __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:906 [inline]\n __se_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:892 [inline]\n __x64_sys_ioctl+0x190/0x200 fs/ioctl.c:892\n do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline]\n do_syscall_64+0xcd/0x250 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f\n \u003c/TASK\u003e\n\nThis happens due to the malformed report items sent by the emulated device\nwhich results in a report, that has no fields, being added to the report list.\nDue to this appleir_input_configured() is never called, hidinput_connect()\nfails which results in the HID_CLAIMED_INPUT flag is not being set. However,\nit  does not make appleir_probe() fail and lets the event callback to be\ncalled without the associated input device.\n\nThus, add a check for the HID_CLAIMED_INPUT flag and leave the event hook\nearly if the driver didn't claim any input_dev for some reason. Moreover,\nsome other hid drivers accessing input_dev in their event callbacks do have\nsimilar checks, too.\n\nFound by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with Syzkaller.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"HID: appleir: Fix potential NULL dereference at raw event handle","id":"CVE-2025-21948","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"linux:linux_kernel","products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"type":"null_dereference","year":"2025"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":8,"next":{"headline":"LoongArch: Set hugetlb mmap base address aligned with pmd size","id":"CVE-2025-21949"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"ksmbd: fix type confusion via race condition when using ipc_msg_send_request","id":"CVE-2025-21947"},"products":["Linux"],"published":"2025-04-01","related":[{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write","id":"CVE-2026-53266","kev_date_added":"2026-09-18","published":"2026-06-25"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation","id":"CVE-2013-6282","kev_date_added":"2022-09-15","published":"2013-11-19"},{"cvss_score":8.4,"headline":"Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow","id":"CVE-2022-0185","kev_date_added":"2024-08-21","published":"2022-02-11"},{"cvss_score":8.4,"headline":"Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation","id":"CVE-2013-2094","kev_date_added":"2022-09-15","published":"2013-05-14"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Unspecified","id":"CVE-2026-53362","kev_date_added":"2026-08-27","published":"2026-07-04"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Missing Initialization of a Variable","id":"CVE-2026-46300","kev_date_added":"2026-10-28","published":"2026-05-23"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Race Condition","id":"CVE-2025-39964","kev_date_added":"2026-09-18","published":"2025-10-13"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-05-11","vendors":["Linux"]},"summary":"A NULL pointer dereference in the Linux kernel's Apple IR HID driver allows local attackers to cause a system crash via crafted USB input events.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-21948/"}