CVE-2025-22096 drm/msm/gem: Fix error code msm_parse_deps()
A logic error in the Linux kernel MSM DRM driver causes a positive error code to be treated as a valid pointer, leading to a kernel oops and denial of service.
- 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
What is CVE-2025-22096?
CVE-2025-22096 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:
drm/msm/gem: Fix error code msm_parse_deps()
The SUBMIT_ERROR() macro turns the error code negative. This extra '-' operation turns it back to positive EINVAL again. The error code is passed to ERR_PTR() and since positive values are not an IS_ERR() it eventually will lead to an oops. Delete the '-'.
Patchwork: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/637625/
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-22096?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2025-22096?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2025-22096 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-22096 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as BELL-CVE-2025-22096, GHSA-pf5r-v475-xg7p, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-13-CVE-2025-22096, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-22096.