PT-2025-51589 · Cadence+5 · Cadence Glue Drivers+5

CVE-2025-68176

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Published

2025-09-12

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Updated

2026-08-21

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

VectorAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)
Description The Linux kernel contains a flaw where cdns pcie::ops may not be populated by all Cadence glue drivers, potentially leading to a NULL pointer dereference. This is anticipated to occur on the upcoming Sophgo platform, as it does not set the ops. A check has been added to prevent this issue. There is no information about the number of potentially affected devices or any real-world incidents where this issue was exploited.
Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

NULL Pointer Dereference

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Weakness Enumeration

Related Identifiers

BDU:2026-11413
CVE-2025-68176
ECHO-939C-AF0E-A8CB
MGASA-2026-0017
MGASA-2026-0018
OESA-2026-1759
OESA-2026-1760
OESA-2026-1761
OPENSUSE-SU-2026:20145-1
SUSE-SU-2026:0278-1
SUSE-SU-2026:0281-1
SUSE-SU-2026:0293-1
SUSE-SU-2026:0315-1
SUSE-SU-2026:20207-1
SUSE-SU-2026:20220-1
SUSE-SU-2026:20228-1
SUSE-SU-2026:20477-1
SUSE-SU-2026:20498-1
SUSE-SU-2026:20564-1
SUSE-SU-2026:20845-1
SUSE-SU-2026:20876-1
USN-8029-1
USN-8029-2
USN-8029-3
USN-8030-1
USN-8048-1
USN-8095-1
USN-8095-2
USN-8095-3
USN-8095-4
USN-8095-5
USN-8096-1
USN-8096-2
USN-8096-3
USN-8096-4
USN-8096-5
USN-8100-1
USN-8116-1
USN-8125-1
USN-8126-1
USN-8141-1
USN-8163-1
USN-8163-2
USN-8165-1
USN-8243-1
USN-8261-1

Affected Products

Cadence Glue Drivers
Debian
Linuxmint
Linux Kernel
Sophgo Platform
Ubuntu