{"id":"CVE-2025-22078","summary":"staging: vchiq_arm: Fix possible NPR of keep-alive thread","details":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nstaging: vchiq_arm: Fix possible NPR of keep-alive thread\n\nIn case vchiq_platform_conn_state_changed() is never called or fails before\ndriver removal, ka_thread won't be a valid pointer to a task_struct. So\ndo the necessary checks before calling kthread_stop to avoid a crash.","modified":"2026-04-02T12:45:20.545729Z","published":"2025-04-16T14:12:28.562Z","database_specific":{"cna_assigner":"Linux","osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/22xxx/CVE-2025-22078.json"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1817c4b85011998604e5ff9a80a6e01adb7e7e81"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3db89bc6d973e2bcaa852f6409c98c228f39a926"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a915c896f95a989a7759a73f8c064f5dc3775175"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bd38395b901327f77a82112f006240de22cf2ceb"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/22xxx/CVE-2025-22078.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-22078"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","events":[{"introduced":"863a756aaf49ed23d25bbb1dad999a85f09e1836"},{"fixed":"1817c4b85011998604e5ff9a80a6e01adb7e7e81"},{"fixed":"a915c896f95a989a7759a73f8c064f5dc3775175"},{"fixed":"bd38395b901327f77a82112f006240de22cf2ceb"},{"fixed":"3db89bc6d973e2bcaa852f6409c98c228f39a926"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-22078.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}