Bug 2363298 (CVE-2025-37748)

Summary: CVE-2025-37748 kernel: iommu/mediatek: Fix NULL pointer deference in mtk_iommu_device_group
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-05-01 14:02:46 UTC 
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

iommu/mediatek: Fix NULL pointer deference in mtk_iommu_device_group

Currently, mtk_iommu calls during probe iommu_device_register before
the hw_list from driver data is initialized. Since iommu probing issue
fix, it leads to NULL pointer dereference in mtk_iommu_device_group when
hw_list is accessed with list_first_entry (not null safe).

So, change the call order to ensure iommu_device_register is called
after the driver data are initialized.
Comment 1 Avinash Hanwate 2025-05-02 03:28:05 UTC 
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025050136-CVE-2025-37748-56c8@gregkh/T