CVE Catalog

CVE-2025-38252

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.13%

3th percentile - higher than 3% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux CXL RAS driver, cxl_cper_handle_prot_err() incorrectly assumes PCIe endpoint devices are CXL type 3 and bound to the cxl_pci driver. This can cause crashes when handling CPER error records.

Risk Assessment

An attacker could cause a system crash by sending a crafted CPER record that is incorrectly processed by the CXL driver.

Recommendation

Apply the Linux kernel patch that checks whether the PCIe endpoint parents a cxl_memdev before assuming the driver data format.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cxl/ras: Fix CPER handler device confusion By inspection, cxl_cper_handle_prot_err() is making a series of fragile assumptions that can lead to crashes: 1/ It assumes that endpoints identified in the record are a CXL-type-3 device, nothing guarantees that. 2/ It assumes that the device is bound to the cxl_pci driver, nothing guarantees that. 3/ Minor, it holds the device lock over the switch-port tracing for no reason as the trace is 100% generated from data in the record. Correct those by checking that the PCIe endpoint parents a cxl_memdev before assuming the format of the driver data, and move the lock to where it is required. Consequently this also makes the implementation ready for CXL accelerators that are not bound to cxl_pci.

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