CVE-2025-38178
Intel igen6 EDAC Null Pointer Dereference Vulnerability
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: EDAC/igen6: Fix NULL pointer dereference A kernel panic was reported with the following kernel log: EDAC igen6: Expected 2 mcs, but only 1 detected. BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: 000000000000d570 ... Hardware name: Notebook V54x_6x_TU/V54x_6x_TU, BIOS Dasharo (coreboot+UEFI) v0.9.0 07/17/2024 RIP: e030:ecclog_handler+0x7e/0xf0 [igen6_edac] ... igen6_probe+0x2a0/0x343 [igen6_edac] ... igen6_init+0xc5/0xff0 [igen6_edac] ... This issue occurred because one memory controller was disabled by the BIOS but the igen6_edac driver still checked all the memory controllers, including this absent one, to identify the source of the error. Accessing the null MMIO for the absent memory controller resulted in the oops above. Fix this issue by reverting the configuration structure to non-const and updating the field 'res_cfg->num_imc' to reflect the number of detected memory controllers.
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Published Date :
July 4, 2025, 2:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
July 8, 2025, 4:18 p.m.
Source :
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Remotely Exploitable :
No
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| URL | Resource |
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| https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/40e69c93d6dadc5355bfe90f3940c402d171289c | |
| https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88efa0de3285be66969b71ec137d9dab1ee19e52 |
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New CVE Received by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Jul. 04, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: EDAC/igen6: Fix NULL pointer dereference A kernel panic was reported with the following kernel log: EDAC igen6: Expected 2 mcs, but only 1 detected. BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: 000000000000d570 ... Hardware name: Notebook V54x_6x_TU/V54x_6x_TU, BIOS Dasharo (coreboot+UEFI) v0.9.0 07/17/2024 RIP: e030:ecclog_handler+0x7e/0xf0 [igen6_edac] ... igen6_probe+0x2a0/0x343 [igen6_edac] ... igen6_init+0xc5/0xff0 [igen6_edac] ... This issue occurred because one memory controller was disabled by the BIOS but the igen6_edac driver still checked all the memory controllers, including this absent one, to identify the source of the error. Accessing the null MMIO for the absent memory controller resulted in the oops above. Fix this issue by reverting the configuration structure to non-const and updating the field 'res_cfg->num_imc' to reflect the number of detected memory controllers. Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/40e69c93d6dadc5355bfe90f3940c402d171289c Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88efa0de3285be66969b71ec137d9dab1ee19e52
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