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

> A local attacker with root privileges can cause a kernel crash during reboot if SR-IOV is enabled on Intel idpf network adapters.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 16 Apr 2025
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2025-22065, DEBIAN-CVE-2025-22065, GHSA-r2xg-g23x-9jj5, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2404-CVE-2025-22065, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-22065

## What is CVE-2025-22065?

CVE-2025-22065 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 16 Apr 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

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 idpf_remove() twice.
First via idpf_shutdown() and then again when idpf_remove() calls into
sriov_disable(), 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 idpf_remove(), leading to a NULL
pointer dereference.

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

BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000020
...
RIP: 0010:idpf_remove+0x22/0x1f0 [idpf]
...
? idpf_remove+0x22/0x1f0 [idpf]
? idpf_remove+0x1e4/0x1f0 [idpf]
pci_device_remove+0x3f/0xb0
device_release_driver_internal+0x19f/0x200
pci_stop_bus_device+0x6d/0x90
pci_stop_and_remove_bus_device+0x12/0x20
pci_iov_remove_virtfn+0xbe/0x120
sriov_disable+0x34/0xe0
idpf_sriov_configure+0x58/0x140 [idpf]
idpf_remove+0x1b9/0x1f0 [idpf]
idpf_shutdown+0x12/0x30 [idpf]
pci_device_shutdown+0x35/0x60
device_shutdown+0x156/0x200
...

Replace the direct idpf_remove() call in idpf_shutdown() with
idpf_vc_core_deinit() and idpf_deinit_dflt_mbx(), 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
sriov_disable() in addition to a small netdev cleanup, and destroying
workqueues, which don't seem to be required on shutdown.

Weakness: CWE-476 (NULL Pointer Dereference)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-22065?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-22065?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2025-22065 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-22065 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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- [CVE-2026-53362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53362/): Linux Kernel Unspecified (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-22065 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-22065 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 16 Apr 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-22065 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-22065/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-22065/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-22065
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-22065
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-22065

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