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CVE-2025-21917 Detail

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: renesas_usbhs: Flush the notify_hotplug_work When performing continuous unbind/bind operations on the USB drivers available on the Renesas RZ/G2L SoC, a kernel crash with the message "Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address" may occur. This issue points to the usbhsc_notify_hotplug() function. Flush the delayed work to avoid its execution when driver resources are unavailable.


Metrics

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
Base Score:  5.5 MEDIUM
Vector:  CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Hyperlink Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3248c1f833f924246cb98ce7da4569133c1b2292 Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/394965f90454d6f00fe11879142b720c6c1a872e Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4ca078084cdd5f32d533311d6a0b63a60dcadd41 Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4cd847a7b630a85493d0294ad9542c21aafaa246 Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/552ca6b87e3778f3dd5b87842f95138162e16c82 Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/830818c8e70c0364e377f0c243b28061ef7967eb Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d50f5c0cd949593eb9a3d822b34d7b50046a06b7 Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e5aac1c9b2974636db7ce796ffa6de88fa08335e Patch 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference cwe source acceptance level NIST  

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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From (including)
3.0
Up to (excluding)
5.4.291
 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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From (including)
5.5
Up to (excluding)
5.10.235
 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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From (including)
5.11
Up to (excluding)
5.15.179
 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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From (including)
5.16
Up to (excluding)
6.1.131
 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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From (including)
6.2
Up to (excluding)
6.6.83
 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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From (including)
6.7
Up to (excluding)
6.12.19
 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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From (including)
6.13
Up to (excluding)
6.13.7
 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2025-21917
NVD Published Date:
04/01/2025
NVD Last Modified:
04/11/2025
Source:
kernel.org