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CVE-2025-21723

scsi: mpi3mr: Fix possible crash when setting up bsg fails

EPSS 0.2%

Published 2025-02-27 (20 months ago) by the Linux kernel CNA. Subsystem drivers/scsi. Debian urgency: not yet assigned.

What to do, per Debian release

Debian's own status for CVE-2025-21723 in every release this site tracks, and what each one means in practice. Every status below is the one the Debian Security Team publishes for this CVE. source

ReleaseStatus VersionWhat this means
Debian 12bookwormvulnerable6.1.190-1No fix published anywhere yet, neither in Debian nor upstream for the series bookworm tracks. Watch the Debian tracker page for this CVE. Advisories for bookworm have historically landed a median of 23 days after publication.
Debian 13trixiefixed6.12.13-1Update the kernel and reboot. Fixed in 6.12.13-1. A running kernel keeps the old code until the machine restarts.
Debian 14forkyfixed6.12.13-1Update the kernel and reboot. Fixed in 6.12.13-1. A running kernel keeps the old code until the machine restarts.
Debian unstablesidfixed6.12.13-1Update the kernel and reboot. Fixed in 6.12.13-1. A running kernel keeps the old code until the machine restarts.

The vulnerability

What the bug is

If bsg_setup_queue() fails, the bsg_queue is assigned a non-NULL value. Consequently, in mpi3mr_bsg_exit(), the condition "if(!mrioc->bsg_queue)" will not be satisfied, preventing execution from entering bsg_remove_queue(), which could lead to the following crash: BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 000000000000041c Call Trace: <TASK> mpi3mr_bsg_exit+0x1f/0x50 [mpi3mr] mpi3mr_remove+0x6f/0x340 [mpi3mr] pci_device_remove+0x3f/0xb0 device_release_driver_internal+0x19d/0x220 unbind_store+0xa4/0xb0 kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x11f/0x200 vfs_write+0x1fc/0x3e0 ksys_write+0x67/0xe0 do_syscall_64+0x38/0x80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x78/0xe2

Where it lives

The fix touches these files. If the subsystem is one you do not use, the practical exposure is lower, though the package is still the vulnerable one.

drivers/scsi/mpi3mr/mpi3mr_app.c

What this is
BROADCOM MPI3 STORAGE CONTROLLER DRIVERMAINTAINERS section matched on drivers/scsi/mpi3mr/ · mpi3mr-linuxdrv.pdl@broadcom.com · Supported
Kernel module
mpi3mr

Check it on the machine

grep -w CONFIG_SCSI_MPI3MR /boot/config-$(uname -r)

Reads the booted kernel's own configuration, on the machine and nowhere else. =y is built in, =m is a module, and an is not set line means the code is not there.

lsmod | grep -w mpi3mr

Prints a line if that module is loaded right now, and nothing if it is not. One that is not loaded can still be loaded later by anything that needs it.

Show whether Debian builds this, per release

Debian builds this, but not on every flavour. At least one release below builds the code on some of its kernel flavours and not on others, so the answer depends on the architecture and flavour installed.

  • bookwormm
  • trixieMnot built on armel/rpi
  • forky, sidm
m
a loadable module on every flavour - check lsmod, can be blacklisted
M
a module where it is built at all; some flavours do not build it
Build switch
CONFIG_SCSI_MPI3MR

From the configuration Debian publishes for every kernel flavour it builds. It covers only the architectures Debian ships a linux-config package for, and nothing about a kernel you built yourself. Debian's own status above stays authoritative about the source package.MAINTAINERS kbuild Makefiles Debian linux-config packages

Signals

Published
2025-02-27 (20 months ago)source
CVSS
no vector published, unrated
Attack vector
not published
EPSS
0.22%, higher than 12.0% of all CVEssource
CISA KEV
not listedthe KEV catalogue
Debian urgency
not yet assignedsource
Subsystem
drivers/scsi

Upstream fixes

The versions the CNA records as introducing and fixing this, and the commit for each. source

IntroducedFixed inCommit
5.196.12.1319b248069d1b
5.196.13.2832b8f95a283
5.196.14295006f6e8c1

Why the CNA scored it this way

The kernel CNA published no CVSS vector and no reasoning for CVE-2025-21723, which is why it is shown as unrated rather than given an invented score. 6,405 of the 20,413 CVEs here carry reasoning; this is not one of them.