CVE-2025-37994 | usb: typec: ucsi: displayport: Fix NULL pointer access

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: typec: ucsi: displayport: Fix NULL pointer access This patch ensures that the UCSI driver waits for all pending tasks in the ucsi_displayport_work workqueue to finish executing before proceeding with the partner removal.

Published: 2025-05-29 Last update: 2025-12-16 Assigner: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2025-37994 is rated Low Risk (32.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.12%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-37994

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-03-25 0.03% 0.12% +0.09%
2 2025-12-17 0.06% 0.03% -0.03%
3 2025-11-04 0.06%

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-37994

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
1.8 3.6 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-37994

OS Trackers for CVE-2025-37994

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2025-37994 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 2 source packages (linux, linux-6.1), 6 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 6. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-37994
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-37994
suse medium https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-37994/
ubuntu medium CVE-2025-37994 medium priority: Ubuntu including 158 source packages (linux, linux-allwinner-5.19, …), 1551 status rows across 10 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 1145, released 168, ignored 164, not-affected 46, needed 25, needs-triage 2, pending 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-37994

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-37994

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
linux linux_kernel >= 5.2, < 5.4.294 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 5.5, < 5.10.238 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 5.11, < 5.15.183 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 5.16, < 6.1.139 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 6.2, < 6.6.91 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 6.7, < 6.12.29 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 6.13, < 6.14.7 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel 6.15 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.15:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel 6.15 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.15:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel 6.15 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.15:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel 6.15 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.15:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel 6.15 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.15:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 11.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2025-37994

URL Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/076ab0631ed4928905736f1701e25f1e722bc086 Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/14f298c52188c34acde9760bf5abc669c5c36fdb Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/312d79669e71283d05c05cc49a1a31e59e3d9e0e Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5ad298d6d4aebe1229adba6427e417e89a5208d8 Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7804c4d63edfdd5105926cc291e806e8f4ce01b5 Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9dda1e2a666a8a32ce0f153b5dee05c7351f1020 Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a9931f1b52b2d0bf3952e003fd5901ea7eb851ed Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e9b63faf5c97deb43fc39a52edbc39d626cc14bf Patch
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/08/msg00010.html Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html Third Party Advisory
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