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CVE-2025-37758: ata: pata_pxa: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference in pxa_ata_probe()

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-05-01 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-476

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ata: pata_pxa: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference in pxa_ata_probe() devm_ioremap() returns NULL on error. Currently, pxa_ata_probe() does not check for this case, which can result in a NULL pointer dereference. Add NULL check after devm_ioremap() to prevent this issue.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 11.0
• Linux kernel: from 2.6.36 before 5.4.293; from 5.5 before 5.10.237; from 5.11 before 5.15.181; from 5.16 before 6.1.135; from 6.2 before 6.6.88; from 6.7 before 6.12.24 — fixed in 5.10.237, 5.15.181, 5.4.293, 6.1.135, 6.12.24, 6.13.12

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 5.10.237, 5.15.181, 5.4.293, 6.1.135. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/17d5e6e915fad5a261db3698c9c5bbe702102d7c
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ba9e4c69207777bb0775c7c091800ecd69de144
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2dc53c7a0c1f57b082931facafa804a7ca32a9a6
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5b09bf6243b0bc0ae58bd9efdf6f0de5546f8d06
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a551f75401793ba8075d7f46ffc931ce5151f03f
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad320e408a8c95a282ab9c05cdf0c9b95e317985
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c022287f6e599422511aa227dc6da37b58d9ceac
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d0d720f9282839b9db625a376c02a1426a16b0ae
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee2b0301d6bfe16b35d57947687c664ecb815775
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00045.html

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