CVE-2025-37847 accel/ivpu: Fix deadlock in ivpu_ms_cleanup()

What is CVE-2025-37847?

CVE-2025-37847 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 9 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:

accel/ivpu: Fix deadlock in ivpu_ms_cleanup()

Fix deadlock in ivpu_ms_cleanup() by preventing runtime resume after file_priv->ms_lock is acquired.

During a failure in runtime resume, a cold boot is executed, which calls ivpu_ms_cleanup_all(). This function calls ivpu_ms_cleanup() that acquires file_priv->ms_lock and causes the deadlock.

Weakness: CWE-667

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-37847?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2025-37847?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2025-37847 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-37847 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as BELL-CVE-2025-37847, DEBIAN-CVE-2025-37847, GHSA-2cm8-23hq-x283, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2025-37847, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-37847.