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  "schema_version": "1.6.1",
  "id": "RPI-CVE-2025-38113",
  "modified": "2026-10-07T17:22:01Z",
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2025-38113"
  ],
  "published": "2025-07-03T08:36:23Z",
  "summary": "ACPI: CPPC: Fix NULL pointer dereference when nosmp is used",
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nACPI: CPPC: Fix NULL pointer dereference when nosmp is used\n\nWith nosmp in cmdline, other CPUs are not brought up, leaving\ntheir cpc_desc_ptr NULL. CPU0's iteration via for_each_possible_cpu()\ndereferences these NULL pointers, causing panic.\n\nPanic backtrace:\n\n[    0.401123] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000000000000b8\n...\n[    0.403255] [<ffffffff809a5818>] cppc_allow_fast_switch+0x6a/0xd4\n...\nKernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!\n\n[ rjw: New subject ]",
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Raspberry Pi OS:12",
        "name": "linux"
      },
      "versions": [
        "1:6.1.47-1+rpt4"
      ],
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            "binary_version": "1:6.1.47-1+rpt4"
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      },
      "database_specific": {
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            "linux_commit": "655fc658a15ae7a6f37103754adb39ba52a9a14e",
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            "assessment": "commit ancestry (strak rule)",
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          }
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  ],
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38113"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/356d09c7f5bf525086002a34f8bae40b134d1611"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c6dad167aade4bf0bef9130f2f149f4249fc4ad0"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/32a48db4cf28ea087214c261da8476db218d08bd"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1a677d0ceb4a5d62117b711a8b2e0aee80d33015"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/15eece6c5b05e5f9db0711978c3e3b7f1a2cfe12"
    }
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  "database_specific": {
    "source": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/security/vulns.git",
    "upstream_modified": "2026-05-12T04:54:46Z"
  }
}