CVE-2025-22102
HighCVSS 7.8Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk10th percentile - higher than 10% of all known CVEs
Summary
A bug in the Bluetooth btnxpuart driver in the Linux kernel causes a kernel panic during firmware release. The issue occurs in a stress test scenario where WLAN and BT firmware are downloaded simultaneously, and due to a hardware bug, the chip sends only one bootloader signature. After a 60-second timeout waiting for the next signature, calling release_firmware triggers a kernel panic.
Risk Assessment
A kernel panic can crash the system, disrupting services and potentially causing data loss. This vulnerability is especially dangerous in embedded and critical systems where stability is essential.
Recommendation
Immediately update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix for CVE-2025-22102. If an update is not possible, temporarily avoid simultaneous WLAN and BT firmware downloads on devices with the NXP i.MX8MPlus chip.
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Original NVD description (English source)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: btnxpuart: Fix kernel panic during FW release This fixes a kernel panic seen during release FW in a stress test scenario where WLAN and BT FW download occurs simultaneously, and due to a HW bug, chip sends out only 1 bootloader signatures. When driver receives the bootloader signature, it enters FW download mode, but since no consequtive bootloader signatures seen, FW file is not requested. After 60 seconds, when FW download times out, release_firmware causes a kernel panic. [ 2601.949184] Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 0000312e6f006573 [ 2601.992076] user pgtable: 4k pages, 48-bit VAs, pgdp=0000000111802000 [ 2601.992080] [0000312e6f006573] pgd=0000000000000000, p4d=0000000000000000 [ 2601.992087] Internal error: Oops: 0000000096000021 [#1] PREEMPT SMP [ 2601.992091] Modules linked in: algif_hash algif_skcipher af_alg btnxpuart(O) pciexxx(O) mlan(O) overlay fsl_jr_uio caam_jr caamkeyblob_desc caamhash_desc caamalg_desc crypto_engine authenc libdes crct10dif_ce polyval_ce snd_soc_fsl_easrc snd_soc_fsl_asoc_card imx8_media_dev(C) snd_soc_fsl_micfil polyval_generic snd_soc_fsl_xcvr snd_soc_fsl_sai snd_soc_imx_audmux snd_soc_fsl_asrc snd_soc_imx_card snd_soc_imx_hdmi snd_soc_fsl_aud2htx snd_soc_fsl_utils imx_pcm_dma dw_hdmi_cec flexcan can_dev [ 2602.001825] CPU: 2 PID: 20060 Comm: hciconfig Tainted: G C O 6.6.23-lts-next-06236-gb586a521770e #1 [ 2602.010182] Hardware name: NXP i.MX8MPlus EVK board (DT) [ 2602.010185] pstate: 60000005 (nZCv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) [ 2602.010191] pc : _raw_spin_lock+0x34/0x68 [ 2602.010201] lr : free_fw_priv+0x20/0xfc [ 2602.020561] sp : ffff800089363b30 [ 2602.020563] x29: ffff800089363b30 x28: ffff0000d0eb5880 x27: 0000000000000000 [ 2602.020570] x26: 0000000000000000 x25: ffff0000d728b330 x24: 0000000000000000 [ 2602.020577] x23: ffff0000dc856f38 [ 2602.033797] x22: ffff800089363b70 x21: ffff0000dc856000 [ 2602.033802] x20: ff00312e6f006573 x19: ffff0000d0d9ea80 x18: 0000000000000000 [ 2602.033809] x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0000000000000000 x15: 0000aaaad80dd480 [ 2602.083320] x14: 0000000000000000 x13: 00000000000001b9 x12: 0000000000000002 [ 2602.083326] x11: 0000000000000000 x10: 0000000000000a60 x9 : ffff800089363a30 [ 2602.083333] x8 : ffff0001793d75c0 x7 : ffff0000d6dbc400 x6 : 0000000000000000 [ 2602.083339] x5 : 00000000410fd030 x4 : 0000000000000000 x3 : 0000000000000001 [ 2602.083346] x2 : 0000000000000000 x1 : 0000000000000001 x0 : ff00312e6f006573 [ 2602.083354] Call trace: [ 2602.083356] _raw_spin_lock+0x34/0x68 [ 2602.083364] release_firmware+0x48/0x6c [ 2602.083370] nxp_setup+0x3c4/0x540 [btnxpuart] [ 2602.083383] hci_dev_open_sync+0xf0/0xa34 [ 2602.083391] hci_dev_open+0xd8/0x178 [ 2602.083399] hci_sock_ioctl+0x3b0/0x590 [ 2602.083405] sock_do_ioctl+0x60/0x118 [ 2602.083413] sock_ioctl+0x2f4/0x374 [ 2602.091430] __arm64_sys_ioctl+0xac/0xf0 [ 2602.091437] invoke_syscall+0x48/0x110 [ 2602.091445] el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0xc0/0xe0 [ 2602.091452] do_el0_svc+0x1c/0x28 [ 2602.091457] el0_svc+0x40/0xe4 [ 2602.091465] el0t_64_sync_handler+0x120/0x12c [ 2602.091470] el0t_64_sync+0x190/0x194