CVE-2025-21917

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

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Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

Mitigation details

Source: Debian Security Tracker · View original ↗ · DFSG

CVE-2025-21917 NameCVE-2025-21917 DescriptionIn 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…

CVE-2025-21917

Name	CVE-2025-21917
Description	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.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
References	DLA-4178-1, DLA-4193-1, DSA-5900-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
linux (PTS)	bullseye	5.10.223-1	vulnerable
	bullseye (security)	5.10.257-1	fixed
	bookworm	6.1.170-3	fixed
	bookworm (security)	6.1.172-1	fixed
	trixie	6.12.86-1	fixed
	trixie (security)	6.12.90-1	fixed
	forky	7.0.9-1	fixed
	sid	7.0.10-1	fixed
linux-6.1 (PTS)	bullseye (security)	6.1.174-1~deb11u1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Origin
linux	source	bullseye	5.10.237-1	DLA-4178-1
linux	source	bookworm	6.1.133-1	DSA-5900-1
linux	source	(unstable)	6.12.19-1
linux-6.1	source	bullseye	6.1.137-1~deb11u1	DLA-4193-1

Notes

https://git.kernel.org/linus/552ca6b87e3778f3dd5b87842f95138162e16c82 (6.14-rc6)

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Apply commands

text fix

Notes

https://git.kernel.org/linus/552ca6b87e3778f3dd5b87842f95138162e16c82 (6.14-rc6)

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
sles		affected
debian	bookworm	fixed	`6.1.133-1`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`5.10.237-1`
debian	forky	fixed	`6.12.19-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`6.12.19-1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`6.12.19-1`

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.