Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 20, 2025· Updated May 26, 2025
scsi: smartpqi: Use is_kdump_kernel() to check for kdump
CVE-2025-37981
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
scsi: smartpqi: Use is_kdump_kernel() to check for kdump
The smartpqi driver checks the reset_devices variable to determine whether special adjustments need to be made for kdump. This has the effect that after a regular kexec reboot, some driver parameters such as max_transfer_size are much lower than usual. More importantly, kexec reboot tests have revealed memory corruption caused by the driver log being written to system memory after a kexec.
Fix this by testing is_kdump_kernel() rather than reset_devices where appropriate.
Affected products
23- osv-coords21 versionspkg:rpm/suse/kernel-64kb&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP7pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-azure&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Public%20Cloud%2015%20SP7pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default-base&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP7pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Availability%20Extension%2015%20SP7pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Live%20Patching%2015%20SP7pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP7pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Legacy%2015%20SP7pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2015%20SP7pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-docs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Development%20Tools%2015%20SP7pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Live%20Patching%2015%20SP7pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Live%20Patching%2015%20SP7pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-obs-build&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Development%20Tools%2015%20SP7pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-rt&distro=SUSE%20Real%20Time%20Module%2015%20SP7pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source-azure&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Public%20Cloud%2015%20SP7pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP7pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Development%20Tools%2015%20SP7pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source-rt&distro=SUSE%20Real%20Time%20Module%2015%20SP7pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms-azure&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Public%20Cloud%2015%20SP7pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Development%20Tools%2015%20SP7pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms-rt&distro=SUSE%20Real%20Time%20Module%2015%20SP7pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-zfcpdump&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP7
< 6.4.0-150700.53.6.1+ 20 more
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- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150700.53.6.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150700.53.6.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150700.53.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150700.53.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1-150700.1.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1-150700.15.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150700.53.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150700.7.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150700.20.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150700.53.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150700.53.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150700.7.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150700.20.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150700.53.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150700.7.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150700.53.6.1
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
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