{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2025-37751", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2025-04-16T04:51:23.937Z", "datePublished": "2025-05-01T12:55:56.624Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-08-05T11:57:15.932Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-08-05T11:57:15.932Z" }, "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nx86/cpu: Avoid running off the end of an AMD erratum table\n\nThe NULL array terminator at the end of erratum_1386_microcode was\nremoved during the switch from x86_cpu_desc to x86_cpu_id. This\ncauses readers to run off the end of the array.\n\nReplace the NULL." } ], "metrics": [ { "cvssV3_1": { "version": "3.1", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H", "baseScore": 7.1, "baseSeverity": "HIGH" }, "scenarios": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "AV:L - The overrunning scan is reached only via `identify_cpu()` during boot-CPU init or secondary-CPU bring-up (`common.c:1887`, `common.c:2009`); no network packet, remote peer data, or adjacent-network frame reaches this path.\nAC:L - On any Zen1/Zen2 part not matched by the two valid entries — the overwhelming majority of affected hardware — the scan deterministically crosses the array boundary on every CPU init, with no race, timing window, or attacker-independent precondition.\nPR:L - There is no capability, namespace, or authentication check on the path — `fix_erratum_1386()` runs automatically during CPU initialization; conservatively a basic local foothold suffices rather than init-namespace root.\nUI:N - The out-of-bounds walk occurs autonomously during CPU initialization; no victim must mount media, open a file, or take any other action.\nS:U - The invalid read and its consequences stay entirely within the affected kernel's own security authority; no guest-to-host, IOMMU, or sandbox boundary is crossed.\nC:H - The missing sentinel makes the read source-unbounded — the loop consumes adjacent kernel `.rodata` and beyond with no length check, matching the CWE-125/C:H classification applied to the identical prior defect in this same table (CVE-2024-56721).\nI:N - The overrun is purely a read; no out-of-bounds-derived value is used as a write address or control-flow target, and the only downstream effect is a build-dependent, non-attacker-steerable decision about clearing `X86_FEATURE_XSAVES`.\nA:H - KASAN flags the access as a global-out-of-bounds, and `panic_on_warn` or `kasan.fault=panic` converts it into a kernel panic during boot or CPU bring-up; an unterminated walk reaching unmapped memory faults in the same early context, leaving the system unavailable." } ] } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "f3f3251526739bb975b97f840c56b3054dba8638", "lessThan": "1b518f73f1b6f59e083ec33dea22d9a1a275a970", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "f3f3251526739bb975b97f840c56b3054dba8638", "lessThan": "f0df00ebc57f803603f2a2e0df197e51f06fbe90", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" } ] }, { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "6.14", "status": "affected" }, { "version": "0", "lessThan": "6.14", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.14.3", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.14.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.15", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix" } ] } ], "cpeApplicability": [ { "nodes": [ { "operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [ { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.14", "versionEndExcluding": "6.14.3" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.14", "versionEndExcluding": "6.15" } ] } ] } ], "references": [ { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b518f73f1b6f59e083ec33dea22d9a1a275a970" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f0df00ebc57f803603f2a2e0df197e51f06fbe90" } ], "title": "x86/cpu: Avoid running off the end of an AMD erratum table", "x_generator": { "engine": "bippy-1.2.0" } } } }