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CVE-2025-37840

HIGH · 7.8 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-05-09
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 5.4.293 / 5.10.237 or later.
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80/100
Remediation priority · High
Zero-click Patch available

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mtd: rawnand: brcmnand: fix PM resume warning Fixed warning on PM resume as shown below caused due to uninitialized struct nand_operation that checks chip select field : WARN_ON(op->cs >= nanddev_ntargets(&chip->base) [ 14.588522] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 14.588529] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 1392 at drivers/mtd/nand/raw/internals.h:139 nand_reset_op+0x1e0/0x1f8 [ 14.588553] Modules linked in: bdc udc_core [ 14.588579] CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 1392 Comm: rtcwake Tainted: G W 6.14.0-rc4-g5394eea10651 #16 [ 14.588590] Tainted: [W]=WARN [ 14.588593] Hardware name: Broadcom STB (Flattened Device Tree) [ 14.588598] Call trace: [ 14.588604] dump_backtrace from show_stack+0x18/0x1c [ 14.588622] r7:00000009 r6:0000008b r5:60000153 r4:c0fa558c [ 14.588625] show_stack from dump_stack_lvl+0x70/0x7c [ 14.588639] dump_stack_lvl from dump_stack+0x18/0x1c [ 14.588653] r5:c08d40b0 r4:c1003cb0 [ 14.588656] dump_stack from __warn+0x84/0xe4 [ 14.588668] __warn from warn_slowpath_fmt+0x18c/0x194 [ 14.588678] r7:c08d40b0 r6:c1003cb0 r5:00000000 r4:00000000 [ 14.588681] warn_slowpath_fmt from nand_reset_op+0x1e0/0x1f8 [ 14.588695] r8:70c40dff r7:89705f41 r6:36b4a597 r5:c26c9444 r4:c26b0048 [ 14.588697] nand_reset_op from brcmnand_resume+0x13c/0x150 [ 14.588714] r9:00000000 r8:00000000 r7:c24f8010 r6:c228a3f8 r5:c26c94bc r4:c26b0040 [ 14.588717] brcmnand_resume from platform_pm_resume+0x34/0x54 [ 14.588735] r5:00000010 r4:c0840a50 [ 14.588738] platform_pm_resume from dpm_run_callback+0x5c/0x14c [ 14.588757] dpm_run_callback from device_resume+0xc0/0x324 [ 14.588776] r9:c24f8054 r8:c24f80a0 r7:00000000 r6:00000000 r5:00000010 r4:c24f8010 [ 14.588779] device_resume from dpm_resume+0x130/0x160 [ 14.588799] r9:c22539e4 r8:00000010 r7:c22bebb0 r6:c24f8010 r5:c22539dc r4:c22539b0 [ 14.588802] dpm_resume from dpm_resume_end+0x14/0x20 [ 14.588822] r10:c2204e40 r9:00000000 r8:c228a3fc r7:00000000 r6:00000003 r5:c228a414 [ 14.588826] r4:00000010 [ 14.588828] dpm_resume_end from suspend_devices_and_enter+0x274/0x6f8 [ 14.588848] r5:c228a414 r4:00000000 [ 14.588851] suspend_devices_and_enter from pm_suspend+0x228/0x2bc [ 14.588868] r10:c3502910 r9:c3501f40 r8:00000004 r7:c228a438 r6:c0f95e18 r5:00000000 [ 14.588871] r4:00000003 [ 14.588874] pm_suspend from state_store+0x74/0xd0 [ 14.588889] r7:c228a438 r6:c0f934c8 r5:00000003 r4:00000003 [ 14.588892] state_store from kobj_attr_store+0x1c/0x28 [ 14.588913] r9:00000000 r8:00000000 r7:f09f9f08 r6:00000004 r5:c3502900 r4:c0283250 [ 14.588916] kobj_attr_store from sysfs_kf_write+0x40/0x4c [ 14.588936] r5:c3502900 r4:c0d92a48 [ 14.588939] sysfs_kf_write from kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x104/0x1f0 [ 14.588956] r5:c3502900 r4:c3501f40 [ 14.588960] kernfs_fop_write_iter from vfs_write+0x250/0x420 [ 14.588980] r10:c0e14b48 r9:00000000 r8:c25f5780 r7:00443398 r6:f09f9f68 r5:c34f7f00 [ 14.588983] r4:c042a88c [ 14.588987] vfs_write from ksys_write+0x74/0xe4 [ 14.589005] r10:00000004 r9:c25f5780 r8:c02002fA0 r7:00000000 r6:00000000 r5:c34f7f00 [ 14.589008] r4:c34f7f00 [ 14.589011] ksys_write from sys_write+0x10/0x14 [ 14.589029] r7:00000004 r6:004421c0 r5:00443398 r4:00000004 [ 14.589032] sys_write from ret_fast_syscall+0x0/0x5c [ 14.589044] Exception stack(0xf09f9fa8 to 0xf09f9ff0) [ 14.589050] 9fa0: 00000004 00443398 00000004 00443398 00000004 00000001 [ 14.589056] 9fc0: 00000004 00443398 004421c0 00000004 b6ecbd58 00000008 bebfbc38 0043eb78 [ 14.589062] 9fe0: 00440eb0 bebfbaf8 b6de18a0 b6e579e8 [ 14.589065] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- The fix uses the higher level nand_reset(chip, chipnr); where chipnr = 0, when doing PM resume operation in compliance with the controller support for single die nand chip. Switching from nand_reset_op() to nan ---truncated---

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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Linux KernelOperating system
Affected:>= 4.16, < 5.4.293>= 5.5, < 5.10.237>= 5.11, < 5.15.181>= 5.16, < 6.1.135>= 6.2, < 6.6.88>= 6.7, < 6.12.24>= 6.13, < 6.13.12>= 6.14, < 6.14.3
Debian LinuxOperating system
Affected:= 11.0

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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dbcve · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to 5.4.293 / 5.10.237 / 5.15.181 or later
Fixed in 5.4.2935.10.2375.15.181
Vendor patch git.kernel.org →
Recommended fix High confidence

Upgrade to kernel >= 5.4.293 (5.4 LTS), >= 5.10.237 (5.10), >= 5.15.181 (5.15), >= 6.1.135 (6.1 LTS), or latest stable (6.14+)

  1. Identify the current kernel version using 'uname -r' or 'cat /proc/version'
  2. For Debian 11 systems: apply the Debian kernel security update that includes this fix (kernel version 5.10.237+, 5.15.181+, or 6.1.135+ for Debian backports)
  3. For other Linux distributions: upgrade the kernel to version 5.4.293 or higher if using the 5.4 LTS branch, 5.10.237 or higher if using 5.10, 5.15.181 or higher if using 5.15, 6.1.135 or higher if using 6.1, or the latest stable kernel (6.14+)
  4. Reboot the system to load the patched kernel
  5. Verify the fix is applied by checking that the PM resume warning no longer appears in dmesg output
Caveat Kernel upgrades may introduce compatibility changes with proprietary drivers or older user-space tools; ensure backup and test in non-production environment first

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