Reference page — cumulative record through Wednesday, August 19, 2026 UTC. Reference pages update as the archive grows; only dated daily editions are immutable pages of record.
Linux Linux — spi: spi-imx: Add check for spi_imx_setupxfer()
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
L L L N U N N H 5.5 .0020 10.4 —
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
Linux 307c897db762d1e0feee9477276b08f6deca4a5b – —
Linux 5.19 – 6.1.136
TIMELINE
Apr 16 Reserved by Linux
May 8 Published (CNA: Linux)
Jul 30 RESCORED — CVE-2025-37801 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 5.5 (NVD).
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
spi: spi-imx: Add check for spi_imx_setupxfer()
Add check for the return value of spi_imx_setupxfer().
spi_imx->rx and spi_imx->tx function pointer can be NULL when
spi_imx_setupxfer() return error, and make NULL pointer dereference.
Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000000
Call trace:
0x0
spi_imx_pio_transfer+0x50/0xd8
spi_imx_transfer_one+0x18c/0x858
spi_transfer_one_message+0x43c/0x790
__spi_pump_transfer_message+0x238/0x5d4
__spi_sync+0x2b0/0x454
spi_write_then_read+0x11c/0x200
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
| April 16, 2025 | Reserved | Reserved by Linux |
| May 8, 2025 | Published | Published (CNA: Linux) |
| July 30, 2026 | RESCORED | RESCORED — CVE-2025-37801 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 5.5 (NVD). |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 2 rows
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
| Linux | Linux | — | 307c897db762d1e0feee9477276b08f6deca4a5b | — |
| Linux | Linux | — | 5.19 | 6.1.136 |
About this page
This is a reference page, not a dated page of record. It assembles the complete lifecycle of CVE-2025-37801 from the CVE Program record, NVD enrichment, the CISA KEV catalog, EPSS, and OSV advisories. The box score's numbers (CVSS, EPSS, KEV status) are current as of Wednesday, August 19, 2026 UTC and are re-derived as the archive grows; only dated daily editions are immutable pages of record. The authoritative source for this identifier is cve.org.