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Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Apr 16, 2025· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2025-22078

CVE-2025-22078

Description

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

staging: vchiq_arm: Fix possible NPR of keep-alive thread

In case vchiq_platform_conn_state_changed() is never called or fails before driver removal, ka_thread won't be a valid pointer to a task_struct. So do the necessary checks before calling kthread_stop to avoid a crash.

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Affected products

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  • Linux/Kernel3 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=6.11,<6.12.23
    • (no CPE)
    • (no CPE)range: 6.11
  • osv-coords
    pkg:linux/kernel
    Range: >= 6.11.0, < 6.12.23

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