CVE-2025-37892 mtd: inftlcore: Add error check for inftl_read_oob()
Missing error check in the INFTL MTD driver can lead to a null pointer dereference and system crash when reading OOB data fails.
- 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-2025-37892?
CVE-2025-37892 is a high-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 20 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:
mtd: inftlcore: Add error check for inftl_read_oob()
In INFTL_findwriteunit(), the return value of inftl_read_oob() need to be checked. A proper implementation can be found in INFTL_deleteblock(). The status will be set as SECTOR_IGNORE to break from the while-loop correctly if the inftl_read_oob() fails.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-37892?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Debian Debian Linux, Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2025-37892?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2025-37892 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-37892 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Debian Debian Linux
Sources
Also known as BELL-CVE-2025-37892, DEBIAN-CVE-2025-37892, GHSA-54q4-26xw-h978, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2025-37892, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2025-37892, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-37892.