{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2025-37751","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","state":"PUBLISHED","assignerShortName":"Linux","dateReserved":"2025-04-16T04:51:23.937Z","datePublished":"2025-05-01T12:55:56.624Z","dateUpdated":"2026-08-05T11:57:15.932Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","shortName":"Linux","dateUpdated":"2026-08-05T11:57:15.932Z"},"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nx86/cpu: Avoid running off the end of an AMD erratum table\n\nThe NULL array terminator at the end of erratum_1386_microcode was\nremoved during the switch from x86_cpu_desc to x86_cpu_id. This\ncauses readers to run off the end of the array.\n\nReplace the NULL."}],"metrics":[{"cvssV3_1":{"version":"3.1","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H","baseScore":7.1,"baseSeverity":"HIGH"},"scenarios":[{"lang":"en","value":"AV:L - The overrunning scan is reached only via `identify_cpu()` during boot-CPU init or secondary-CPU bring-up (`common.c:1887`, `common.c:2009`); no network packet, remote peer data, or adjacent-network frame reaches this path.\nAC:L - On any Zen1/Zen2 part not matched by the two valid entries — the overwhelming majority of affected hardware — the scan deterministically crosses the array boundary on every CPU init, with no race, timing window, or attacker-independent precondition.\nPR:L - There is no capability, namespace, or authentication check on the path — `fix_erratum_1386()` runs automatically during CPU initialization; conservatively a basic local foothold suffices rather than init-namespace root.\nUI:N - The out-of-bounds walk occurs autonomously during CPU initialization; no victim must mount media, open a file, or take any other action.\nS:U - The invalid read and its consequences stay entirely within the affected kernel's own security authority; no guest-to-host, IOMMU, or sandbox boundary is crossed.\nC:H - The missing sentinel makes the read source-unbounded — the loop consumes adjacent kernel `.rodata` and beyond with no length check, matching the CWE-125/C:H classification applied to the identical prior defect in this same table (CVE-2024-56721).\nI:N - The overrun is purely a read; no out-of-bounds-derived value is used as a write address or control-flow target, and the only downstream effect is a build-dependent, non-attacker-steerable decision about clearing `X86_FEATURE_XSAVES`.\nA:H - KASAN flags the access as a global-out-of-bounds, and `panic_on_warn` or `kasan.fault=panic` converts it into a kernel panic during boot or CPU bring-up; an unterminated walk reaching unmapped memory faults in the same early context, leaving the system unavailable."}]}],"affected":[{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c"],"versions":[{"version":"f3f3251526739bb975b97f840c56b3054dba8638","lessThan":"1b518f73f1b6f59e083ec33dea22d9a1a275a970","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"f3f3251526739bb975b97f840c56b3054dba8638","lessThan":"f0df00ebc57f803603f2a2e0df197e51f06fbe90","status":"affected","versionType":"git"}]},{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c"],"versions":[{"version":"6.14","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"6.14","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.14.3","lessThanOrEqual":"6.14.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.15","lessThanOrEqual":"*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}]}],"cpeApplicability":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.14","versionEndExcluding":"6.14.3"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.14","versionEndExcluding":"6.15"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b518f73f1b6f59e083ec33dea22d9a1a275a970"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f0df00ebc57f803603f2a2e0df197e51f06fbe90"}],"title":"x86/cpu: Avoid running off the end of an AMD erratum table","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}