What is CVE-2025-37769?

CVE-2025-37769 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Divide By Zero. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-05-01.

How severe is CVE-2025-37769?

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

Is CVE-2025-37769 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2025-37769

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/pm/smu11: Prevent division by zero The user can set any speed value. If speed is greater than UINT_MAX/8, division by zero is possible. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE. (cherry picked from commit da7dc714a8f8e1c9fc33c57cd63583779a3bef71)

EPSS: 0.002 (7.4th 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 1e866f1fe528bc0158cdcd589053753032bdb52c, 6.0, 0
Linux Linux_kernel — versions 6.15
Debian Debian_linux — versions 11.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-369 — Divide By Zero

Public proof-of-concept exploits

w4zu/Debian_

References

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 (Mailing List)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-37769?: CVE-2025-37769 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Divide By Zero. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-05-01.
How severe is CVE-2025-37769?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-37769 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.