CVE-2025-37966

Published: May 20, 2025Modified: Jun 17, 2026

5.5

Vector

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

Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: riscv: Fix kernel crash due to PR_SET_TAGGED_ADDR_CTRL When userspace does PR_SET_TAGGED_ADDR_CTRL, but Supm extension is not available, the kernel crashes: Oops - illegal instruction [#1] [snip] epc : set_tagged_addr_ctrl+0x112/0x15a ra : set_tagged_addr_ctrl+0x74/0x15a epc : ffffffff80011ace ra : ffffffff80011a30 sp : ffffffc60039be10 [snip] status: 0000000200000120 badaddr: 0000000010a79073 cause: 0000000000000002 set_tagged_addr_ctrl+0x112/0x15a __riscv_sys_prctl+0x352/0x73c do_trap_ecall_u+0x17c/0x20c andle_exception+0x150/0x15c Fix it by checking if Supm is available.

Affected (6)

Products: Linux: Linux Kernel

Linux

1 product

Linux Kernel

Configuration A

6 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Linux Linux Kernel	From 6.13 to 6.14.7
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 6.15 rc1
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 6.15 rc2
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 6.15 rc3
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 6.15 rc4
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 6.15 rc5

Related CWEs

CWE-668

Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere

The product exposes a resource to the wrong control sphere, providing unintended actors with inappropriate access to the resource.

References (2)

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b595a2f5656cd45d534ed2160c94f7662adefe5

Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Patch

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae08d55807c099357c047dba17624b09414635dd

Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Patch

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