CVE-2025-37971

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The device pointer\ncould be passed into v4l2_device_register to set it, however that also\nhas other effects that would need additional changes."}, {"lang": "es", "value": "En el kernel de Linux, se ha resuelto la siguiente vulnerabilidad: staging: bcm2835-camera: Inicializar dev en v4l2_dev. el commit 42a2f6664e18 (\"staging: vc04_services: Mover global g_state a vchiq_state\") modific\u00f3 mmal_init para pasar dev->v4l2_dev.dev a vchiq_mmal_init. Sin embargo, no se inicializ\u00f3 dev->v4l2_dev, por lo que se obtuvo una desreferencia de puntero nulo. Se estableci\u00f3 dev->v4l2_dev.dev durante bcm2835_mmal_probe. El puntero del dispositivo se podr\u00eda pasar a v4l2_device_register para establecerlo; sin embargo, esto tambi\u00e9n tiene otros efectos que requerir\u00edan cambios adicionales."}], "id": "CVE-2025-37971", "lastModified": "2026-06-17T09:15:48.167", "metrics": {"cvssMetricV31": [{"cvssData": {"attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackVector": "LOCAL", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "baseScore": 5.5, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "confidentialityImpact": "NONE", "integrityImpact": "NONE", "privilegesRequired": "LOW", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "userInteraction": "NONE", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H", "version": "3.1"}, "exploitabilityScore": 1.8, "impactScore": 3.6, "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}, "published": "2025-05-20T17:15:47.630", "references": [{"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/06753f49336ab161ea0e249a0720125b81b7b31b"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/98698ca0e58734bc5c1c24e5bbc7429f981cd186"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b70bdd4923e8b8edbacde2af83ca337bb7005261"}], "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "vulnStatus": "Analyzed", "weaknesses": [{"description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "CWE-476"}], "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}

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