# CVE-2025-38152: remoteproc: core: Clear table_sz when rproc_shutdown

> A null pointer dereference in the Linux kernel remoteproc subsystem allows a local attacker to cause a system crash by restarting a remote processor with specific firmware configurations.

- **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:** 18 Apr 2025
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2025-38152, DEBIAN-CVE-2025-38152, GHSA-2gp8-xhxh-8h9c, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2404-CVE-2025-38152, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38152

## What is CVE-2025-38152?

CVE-2025-38152 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 18 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:

remoteproc: core: Clear table_sz when rproc_shutdown

There is case as below could trigger kernel dump:
Use U-Boot to start remote processor(rproc) with resource table
published to a fixed address by rproc. After Kernel boots up,
stop the rproc, load a new firmware which doesn't have resource table
,and start rproc.

When starting rproc with a firmware not have resource table,
`memcpy(loaded_table, rproc->cached_table, rproc->table_sz)` will
trigger dump, because rproc->cache_table is set to NULL during the last
stop operation, but rproc->table_sz is still valid.

This issue is found on i.MX8MP and i.MX9.

Dump as below:
Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000000
Mem abort info:
  ESR = 0x0000000096000004
  EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits
  SET = 0, FnV = 0
  EA = 0, S1PTW = 0
  FSC = 0x04: level 0 translation fault
Data abort info:
  ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000004, ISS2 = 0x00000000
  CM = 0, WnR = 0, TnD = 0, TagAccess = 0
  GCS = 0, Overlay = 0, DirtyBit = 0, Xs = 0
user pgtable: 4k pages, 48-bit VAs, pgdp=000000010af63000
[0000000000000000] pgd=0000000000000000, p4d=0000000000000000
Internal error: Oops: 0000000096000004 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
Modules linked in:
CPU: 2 UID: 0 PID: 1060 Comm: sh Not tainted 6.14.0-rc7-next-20250317-dirty #38
Hardware name: NXP i.MX8MPlus EVK board (DT)
pstate: a0000005 (NzCv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
pc : __pi_memcpy_generic+0x110/0x22c
lr : rproc_start+0x88/0x1e0
Call trace:
 __pi_memcpy_generic+0x110/0x22c (P)
 rproc_boot+0x198/0x57c
 state_store+0x40/0x104
 dev_attr_store+0x18/0x2c
 sysfs_kf_write+0x7c/0x94
 kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x120/0x1cc
 vfs_write+0x240/0x378
 ksys_write+0x70/0x108
 __arm64_sys_write+0x1c/0x28
 invoke_syscall+0x48/0x10c
 el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0xc0/0xe0
 do_el0_svc+0x1c/0x28
 el0_svc+0x30/0xcc
 el0t_64_sync_handler+0x10c/0x138
 el0t_64_sync+0x198/0x19c

Clear rproc->table_sz to address the issue.

Weakness: CWE-476 (NULL Pointer Dereference)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-38152?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-38152?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2025-38152 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-38152 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-38152 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-38152 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 18 Apr 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-2025-38152 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-2025-38152/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-38152/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38152
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-38152
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-38152

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