CVE-2025-21917 (GCVE-0-2025-21917)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-04-01 15:40
Modified
2026-05-11 21:09
Severity ?
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: renesas_usbhs: Flush the notify_hotplug_work When performing continuous unbind/bind operations on the USB drivers available on the Renesas RZ/G2L SoC, a kernel crash with the message "Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address" may occur. This issue points to the usbhsc_notify_hotplug() function. Flush the delayed work to avoid its execution when driver resources are unavailable.
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Linux Linux Version: bc57381e634782009b1cb2e86b18013699ada576
Version: bc57381e634782009b1cb2e86b18013699ada576
Version: bc57381e634782009b1cb2e86b18013699ada576
Version: bc57381e634782009b1cb2e86b18013699ada576
Version: bc57381e634782009b1cb2e86b18013699ada576
Version: bc57381e634782009b1cb2e86b18013699ada576
Version: bc57381e634782009b1cb2e86b18013699ada576
Version: bc57381e634782009b1cb2e86b18013699ada576
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