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CVE-2025-22096: Linux kernel · drm/msm/gem: Fix error code msm_parse_deps()

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.5 Medium.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026, 17:23 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
5.5Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 16 Apr 2025

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 4 Nov 2026.

What to do

AI-suggested

A fix for this vulnerability has been implemented in the Linux kernel by correcting the error code handling in msm_parse_deps(). Users and administrators should apply the official kernel patch referenced in the Patchwork link (https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/637625/) or update to a kernel version that includes this fix. No additional mitigations are specified.

Description

CVE-2025-22096 is a medium severity vulnerability in the Linux kernel's drm/msm/gem component. The issue arises from incorrect handling of error codes in the msm_parse_deps() function, where an error code is negated twice, resulting in a positive error code that bypasses error pointer checks and leads to a kernel oops (crash). This flaw has been fixed by removing the redundant negation operation.

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