CVE-2025-37842: Linux kernel · spi: fsl-qspi: use devm function instead of driver remove
Source GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.5 High.
Data as of 30 Oct 2026, 16:33 UTC
Thin evidence
One scorer or noneCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 9 May 2025
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by 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 30 Oct 2026.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: spi: fsl-qspi: use devm function instead of driver remove Driver use devm APIs to manage clk/irq/resources and register the spi controller, but the legacy remove function will be called first during device detach and trigger kernel panic. Drop the remove function and use devm_add_action_or_reset() for driver cleanup to ensure the release sequence. Trigger kernel panic on i.MX8MQ by echo 30bb0000.spi >/sys/bus/platform/drivers/fsl-quadspi/unbind
References
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-37842 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/40369bfe717e96e26650eeecfa5a6363563df6e4 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/439688dbe82baa10d4430dc3252bb5ef1183a171 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/50ae352c1848cab408fb4f7d7f50c71f818bbdbf (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/69d2d7020b9966817ffc7442ae778c29cb81813f (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/f68b27d82a749117d9c7d7f33fa53f46373e38e2 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/f9bfb3a5f6f616f3eb7665c8ff3bcb9760ae33c8 (opens in a new tab)