# CVE-2025-37784: net: ti: icss-iep: Fix possible NULL pointer dereference for perout request

> A NULL pointer dereference in the Linux kernel ICSS IEP driver allows local attackers to cause a system crash during signal disabling.

- **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:** 1 May 2025
- **Updated:** 23 May 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2025-37784, DEBIAN-CVE-2025-37784, GHSA-3qx4-pq69-7jwx, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2404-CVE-2025-37784, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-37784

## What is CVE-2025-37784?

CVE-2025-37784 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 1 May 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:

net: ti: icss-iep: Fix possible NULL pointer dereference for perout request

The ICSS IEP driver tracks perout and pps enable state with flags.
Currently when disabling pps and perout signals during icss_iep_exit(),
results in NULL pointer dereference for perout.

To fix the null pointer dereference issue, the icss_iep_perout_enable_hw
function can be modified to directly clear the IEP CMP registers when
disabling PPS or PEROUT, without referencing the ptp_perout_request
structure, as its contents are irrelevant in this case.

Weakness: CWE-476 (NULL Pointer Dereference)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-37784?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-37784?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2025-37784 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-37784 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-2025-37784 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-37784 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 1 May 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-2025-37784 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-2025-37784/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-37784/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-37784
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-37784
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-37784

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-37784/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.