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Medium · 5.5 CVE-2025-22033 EUVD-2025-11270GHSA-5v57-87fw-9gxc

arm64: Don't call NULL in do_compat_alignment_fixup()

Published Apr 16, 2025 · Updated May 11, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

Vendor: Linux Product: Linux Package: kernel Package: linux Package: linux Package: linux-allwinner-5.19 Package: linux-aws Package: linux-aws-5.0 Package: linux-aws-5.11 Package: linux-aws-5.13 Package: linux-aws-5.19 Package: linux-aws-5.3 Package: linux-aws-5.8 Package: linux-aws-6.2 Package: linux-aws-6.5 Package: linux-aws-6.8 Package: linux-aws-fips Package: linux-azure Package: linux-azure-5.11 Package: linux-azure-5.13 Package: linux-azure-5.19 Package: linux-azure-5.3 Package: linux-azure-5.8 Package: linux-azure-6.11 Package: linux-azure-6.2 Package: linux-azure-6.5 Package: linux-azure-6.8 Package: linux-azure-edge Package: linux-azure-fde Package: linux-azure-fde-5.19 Package: linux-azure-fde-6.2 Package: linux-azure-fips Package: linux-azure-nvidia Package: linux-bluefield Package: linux-fips Package: linux-gcp Package: linux-gcp-5.11 Package: linux-gcp-5.13 Package: linux-gcp-5.19 Package: linux-gcp-5.3 Package: linux-gcp-5.8 Package: linux-gcp-6.11 Package: linux-gcp-6.2 Package: linux-gcp-6.5 Package: linux-gcp-6.8 Package: linux-gcp-fips Package: linux-gke Package: linux-gke-4.15 Package: linux-gke-5.15 Package: linux-gke-5.4 Package: linux-gkeop Package: linux-gkeop-5.15 Package: linux-gkeop-5.4 Package: linux-hwe Package: linux-hwe-5.11 Package: linux-hwe-5.13 Package: linux-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-hwe-5.8 Package: linux-hwe-6.11 Package: linux-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-hwe-6.8 Package: linux-hwe-edge Package: linux-ibm Package: linux-ibm-6.8 Package: linux-intel Package: linux-intel-5.13 Package: linux-intel-iot-realtime Package: linux-lowlatency Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 Package: linux-nvidia Package: linux-nvidia-6.11 Package: linux-nvidia-6.2 Package: linux-nvidia-6.5 Package: linux-nvidia-6.8 Package: linux-nvidia-lowlatency Package: linux-nvidia-tegra Package: linux-oem Package: linux-oem-5.10 Package: linux-oem-5.13 Package: linux-oem-5.14 Package: linux-oem-5.17 Package: linux-oem-5.6 Package: linux-oem-6.0 Package: linux-oem-6.1 Package: linux-oem-6.11 Package: linux-oem-6.5 Package: linux-oem-6.8 Package: linux-oracle Package: linux-oracle-5.0 Package: linux-oracle-5.11 Package: linux-oracle-5.13 Package: linux-oracle-5.3 Package: linux-oracle-5.8 Package: linux-oracle-6.5 Package: linux-oracle-6.8 Package: linux-raspi Package: linux-raspi-realtime Package: linux-raspi2 Package: linux-realtime Package: linux-realtime-6.8 Package: linux-riscv Package: linux-riscv-5.11 Package: linux-riscv-5.19 Package: linux-riscv-5.8 Package: linux-riscv-6.5 Package: linux-riscv-6.8 Package: linux-starfive-5.19 Package: linux-starfive-6.2 Package: linux-starfive-6.5 Package: linux-xilinx Platform: Linux Ecosystem: Azure Linux Ecosystem: Debian Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

arm64: Don't call NULL in do_compat_alignment_fixup()

do_alignment_t32_to_handler() only fixes up alignment faults for
specific instructions; it returns NULL otherwise (e.g. LDREX). When
that's the case, signal to the caller that it needs to proceed with the
regular alignment fault handling (i.e. SIGBUS). Without this patch, the
kernel panics:

Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000000
Mem abort info:
ESR = 0x0000000086000006
EC = 0x21: IABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits
SET = 0, FnV = 0
EA = 0, S1PTW = 0
FSC = 0x06: level 2 translation fault
user pgtable: 4k pages, 48-bit VAs, pgdp=00000800164aa000
[0000000000000000] pgd=0800081fdbd22003, p4d=0800081fdbd22003, pud=08000815d51c6003, pmd=0000000000000000
Internal error: Oops: 0000000086000006 [#1] SMP
Modules linked in: cfg80211 rfkill xt_nat xt_tcpudp xt_conntrack nft_chain_nat xt_MASQUERADE nf_nat nf_conntrack_netlink nf_conntrack nf_defrag_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv4 xfrm_user xfrm_algo xt_addrtype nft_compat br_netfilter veth nvme_fa>
libcrc32c crc32c_generic raid0 multipath linear dm_mod dax raid1 md_mod xhci_pci nvme xhci_hcd nvme_core t10_pi usbcore igb crc64_rocksoft crc64 crc_t10dif crct10dif_generic crct10dif_ce crct10dif_common usb_common i2c_algo_bit i2c>
CPU: 2 PID: 3932954 Comm: WPEWebProcess Not tainted 6.1.0-31-arm64 #1 Debian 6.1.128-1
Hardware name: GIGABYTE MP32-AR1-00/MP32-AR1-00, BIOS F18v (SCP: 1.08.20211002) 12/01/2021
pstate: 80400009 (Nzcv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
pc : 0x0
lr : do_compat_alignment_fixup+0xd8/0x3dc
sp : ffff80000f973dd0
x29: ffff80000f973dd0 x28: ffff081b42526180 x27: 0000000000000000
x26: 0000000000000000 x25: 0000000000000000 x24: 0000000000000000
x23: 0000000000000004 x22: 0000000000000000 x21: 0000000000000001
x20: 00000000e8551f00 x19: ffff80000f973eb0 x18: 0000000000000000
x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0000000000000000 x15: 0000000000000000
x14: 0000000000000000 x13: 0000000000000000 x12: 0000000000000000
x11: 0000000000000000 x10: 0000000000000000 x9 : ffffaebc949bc488
x8 : 0000000000000000 x7 : 0000000000000000 x6 : 0000000000000000
x5 : 0000000000400000 x4 : 0000fffffffffffe x3 : 0000000000000000
x2 : ffff80000f973eb0 x1 : 00000000e8551f00 x0 : 0000000000000001
Call trace:
0x0
do_alignment_fault+0x40/0x50
do_mem_abort+0x4c/0xa0
el0_da+0x48/0xf0
el0t_32_sync_handler+0x110/0x140
el0t_32_sync+0x190/0x194
Code: bad PC value
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 6.1 6.1.134

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 linux 6.12.25-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.12.25-1 —
Debian 12 linux 6.1.135-1 DSA-5907-1
Debian 11 linux-6.1 6.1.137-1~deb11u1 DLA-4193-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Nvidia-BlueField 24.04 LTS linux-bluefield 6.8.0-1012.16 —
Ubuntu 25.10 linux-azure-fde No fix yet —
Ubuntu 25.04 linux 6.14.0-22.22 USN-7594-1
Ubuntu 25.04 linux-aws +3 6.14.0-1007.7 USN-7594-3, USN-7594-2, USN-7594-1
Ubuntu 25.04 linux-gcp 6.14.0-1008.8 USN-7594-1
Ubuntu 25.04 linux-realtime 6.14.0-1004.4 USN-7594-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux 6.8.0-86.87 USN-7835-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-aws 6.8.0-1041.43 USN-7835-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure 6.8.0-1041.47 USN-7835-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure-6.11 6.11.0-1018.18~24.04.1 USN-7628-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure-nvidia 6.8.0-1029.32 USN-7940-2
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gcp 6.8.0-1042.45 USN-7835-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gcp-6.11 6.11.0-1016.16~24.04.1 USN-7605-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gke 6.8.0-1038.43 USN-7835-3
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gkeop 6.8.0-1025.28 USN-7835-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-hwe-6.11 6.11.0-28.28~24.04.1 USN-7605-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-ibm 6.8.0-1039.39 USN-7835-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-intel +4 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-lowlatency 6.8.0-86.87.1 USN-7835-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11 6.11.0-1015.16~24.04.2 USN-7605-2
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia 6.8.0-1041.44 USN-7835-3
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-6.11 6.11.0-1012.12 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-lowlatency 6.8.0-1041.44.1 USN-7835-3
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra 6.8.0-1012.12 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oem-6.11 6.11.0-1024.24 USN-7606-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oracle 6.8.0-1038.39 USN-7835-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-raspi 6.8.0-1041.45 USN-7887-2
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-xilinx 6.8.0-1018.19 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws-6.8 6.8.0-1041.43~22.04.1 USN-7835-6
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-6.8 6.8.0-1041.47~22.04.1 USN-7835-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp-6.8 6.8.0-1042.45~22.04.1 USN-7835-3
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-hwe-6.8 +1 6.8.0-86.87~22.04.1 USN-7835-4
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm-6.8 6.8.0-1039.39~22.04.1 USN-7835-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 6.8.0-86.87.1~22.04.1 USN-7835-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-6.8 6.8.0-1041.44~22.04.2 USN-7835-3
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle-6.8 6.8.0-1038.39~22.04.1 USN-7835-5
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +32 No fix yet —
Show 6 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +28 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-raspi-realtime 6.8.0-2032.33 USN-7887-1
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-realtime 6.8.1-1036.37 USN-7835-2
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime-6.8 6.8.1-1036.37~22.04.1 USN-7835-2
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 24.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 6.8.0-1041.43+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 24.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 6.8.0-1044.50+fips1 USN-7940-1
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 24.04 LTS linux-fips 6.8.0-86.87+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 24.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 6.8.0-1042.45+fips1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP7 kernel-64kb +6 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01951-1
SLES 15 SP7 kernel-azure +2 6.4.0-150700.20.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01967-1
SLES 15 SP7 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1.150700.17.2.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01951-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-64kb +6 6.4.0-150600.23.50.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01614-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-azure +2 6.4.0-150600.8.37.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01707-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-coco +3 6.4.0-15061.21.coco15sp6.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01919-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.50.1.150600.12.22.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01614-1
Show 6 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-29.1.21.7 SUSE-SU-2025:20354-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0_Update_7 +1 1-1.2 SUSE-SU-2025:20355-1, SUSE-SU-2025:20354-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-rt +1 6.4.0-31.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20355-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-source +2 6.4.0-29.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20354-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-29.1.21.7 SUSE-SU-2025:20343-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0_Update_7 +1 1-1.2 SUSE-SU-2025:20344-1, SUSE-SU-2025:20343-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-rt +1 6.4.0-31.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20344-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-source +2 6.4.0-29.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20343-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP7 kernel-default 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01951-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP7 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_1 1-150700.1.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01972-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP7 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_1 1-150700.15.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01951-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-default 6.4.0-150600.23.50.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01614-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6-RT_Update_11 1-150600.1.3.2 SUSE-SU-2025:01964-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_11 1-150600.13.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01614-1
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP7 kernel-rt +3 6.4.0-150700.7.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01972-1
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP6 kernel-rt +3 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01964-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap 15.6 dtb-aarch64 +10 6.4.0-150600.23.50.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01614-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-azure +2 6.4.0-150600.8.37.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01707-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.50.1.150600.12.22.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01614-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-rt +3 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01964-1

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2023 kernel-livepatch-6.12.23-29.97 +1 1.0-0.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-948, ALAS2023-2025-947
Amazon Linux 2023 perf +14 6.1.134-150.224.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-948, ALAS2023-2025-947
Amazon Linux 2023 perf6.12 +5 6.12.23-29.97.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-948

Azure Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Azure Linux 3 kernel 6.6.92.2-1 —

Oracle Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Oracle Linux 9 kernel-uek +34 6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el10uek ELSA-2025-20530, ELSA-2025-20480

Advisories 35

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