What is CVE-2025-37746?

CVE-2025-37746 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-05-01.

How severe is CVE-2025-37746?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2025-37746

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: perf/dwc_pcie: fix duplicate pci_dev devices During platform_device_register, wrongly using struct device pci_dev as platform_data caused a kmemdup copy of pci_dev. Worse still, accessing the duplicated device leads to list corruption as its mutex content (e.g., list, magic) remains the same as the original.

EPSS: 0.001 (3.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Linux — versions af9597adc2f1e3609c67c9792a2469bb64e43ae9, 6.8, 0
Linux Linux_kernel

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-704 — Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast

References

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-37746?: CVE-2025-37746 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-05-01.
How severe is CVE-2025-37746?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.