Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

cpufreq: apple-soc: Fix null-ptr-deref in apple_soc_cpufreq_get_rate()

cpufreq_cpu_get_raw() can return NULL when the target CPU is not present
in the policy->cpus mask. apple_soc_cpufreq_get_rate() does not check
for this case, which results in a NULL pointer dereference.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2025-37831

Affected Products

Vendor: Linux

Product: Linux

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.02% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 4.6% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-06-06 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-37831
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1053dcf8a504d4933bb3f73df22bc363298d194b
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fbdba5f37413dbc09d82ad7235e5b7a2fb8e0f75
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/01e86ea22610d98ae6141e428019a6916e79f725
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9992649f6786921873a9b89dafa5e04d8c5fef2b

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