# CVE-2025-37812: usb: cdns3: Fix deadlock when using NCM gadget

> A race condition in the Linux kernel cdns3 USB driver causes a deadlock under heavy network traffic, leading to denial of service.

- **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:** 8 May 2025
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2025-37812, DEBIAN-CVE-2025-37812, GHSA-v2qv-w894-wvxx, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2025-37812, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2025-37812, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2404-CVE-2025-37812, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-37812

## What is CVE-2025-37812?

CVE-2025-37812 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 8 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:

usb: cdns3: Fix deadlock when using NCM gadget

The cdns3 driver has the same NCM deadlock as fixed in cdnsp by commit
58f2fcb3a845 ("usb: cdnsp: Fix deadlock issue during using NCM gadget").

Under PREEMPT_RT the deadlock can be readily triggered by heavy network
traffic, for example using "iperf --bidir" over NCM ethernet link.

The deadlock occurs because the threaded interrupt handler gets
preempted by a softirq, but both are protected by the same spinlock.
Prevent deadlock by disabling softirq during threaded irq handler.

Weakness: CWE-667 (Improper Locking)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-37812?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Debian Debian Linux, Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-37812?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2025-37812 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-37812 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-37812 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-37812 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 8 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-2025-37812 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Debian Debian Linux. 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-2025-37812/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-37812/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-37812
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-37812
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-37812

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-37812/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.