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CVE-2025-21845

mtd: spi-nor: sst: Fix SST write failure

Severity Score

7.8
*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mtd: spi-nor: sst: Fix SST write failure 'commit 18bcb4aa54ea ("mtd: spi-nor: sst: Factor out common write operation
to `sst_nor_write_data()`")' introduced a bug where only one byte of data
is written, regardless of the number of bytes passed to
sst_nor_write_data(), causing a kernel crash during the write operation.
Ensure the correct number of bytes are written as passed to
sst_nor_write_data(). Call trace:
[ 57.400180] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[ 57.404842] While writing 2 byte written 1 bytes
[ 57.409493] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 737 at drivers/mtd/spi-nor/sst.c:187 sst_nor_write_data+0x6c/0x74
[ 57.418464] Modules linked in:
[ 57.421517] CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 737 Comm: mtd_debug Not tainted 6.12.0-g5ad04afd91f9 #30
[ 57.429517] Hardware name: Xilinx Versal A2197 Processor board revA - x-prc-02 revA (DT)
[ 57.437600] pstate: 60000005 (nZCv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
[ 57.444557] pc : sst_nor_write_data+0x6c/0x74
[ 57.448911] lr : sst_nor_write_data+0x6c/0x74
[ 57.453264] sp : ffff80008232bb40
[ 57.456570] x29: ffff80008232bb40 x28: 0000000000010000 x27: 0000000000000001
[ 57.463708] x26: 000000000000ffff x25: 0000000000000000 x24: 0000000000000000
[ 57.470843] x23: 0000000000010000 x22: ffff80008232bbf0 x21: ffff000816230000
[ 57.477978] x20: ffff0008056c0080 x19: 0000000000000002 x18: 0000000000000006
[ 57.485112] x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0000000000000000 x15: ffff80008232b580
[ 57.492246] x14: 0000000000000000 x13: ffff8000816d1530 x12: 00000000000004a4
[ 57.499380] x11: 000000000000018c x10: ffff8000816fd530 x9 : ffff8000816d1530
[ 57.506515] x8 : 00000000fffff7ff x7 : ffff8000816fd530 x6 : 0000000000000001
[ 57.513649] x5 : 0000000000000000 x4 : 0000000000000000 x3 : 0000000000000000
[ 57.520782] x2 : 0000000000000000 x1 : 0000000000000000 x0 : ffff0008049b0000
[ 57.527916] Call trace:
[ 57.530354] sst_nor_write_data+0x6c/0x74
[ 57.534361] sst_nor_write+0xb4/0x18c
[ 57.538019] mtd_write_oob_std+0x7c/0x88
[ 57.541941] mtd_write_oob+0x70/0xbc
[ 57.545511] mtd_write+0x68/0xa8
[ 57.548733] mtdchar_write+0x10c/0x290
[ 57.552477] vfs_write+0xb4/0x3a8
[ 57.555791] ksys_write+0x74/0x10c
[ 57.559189] __arm64_sys_write+0x1c/0x28
[ 57.563109] invoke_syscall+0x54/0x11c
[ 57.566856] el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0xc0/0xe0
[ 57.571557] do_el0_svc+0x1c/0x28
[ 57.574868] el0_svc+0x30/0xcc
[ 57.577921] el0t_64_sync_handler+0x120/0x12c
[ 57.582276] el0t_64_sync+0x190/0x194
[ 57.585933] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- [pratyush@kernel.org: add Cc stable tag]

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mtd: spi-nor: sst: Fix SST write failure 'commit 18bcb4aa54ea ("mtd: spi-nor: sst: Factor out common write operation to `sst_nor_write_data()`")' introduced a bug where only one byte of data is written, regardless of the number of bytes passed to sst_nor_write_data(), causing a kernel crash during the write operation. Ensure the correct number of bytes are written as passed to sst_nor_write_data(). Call trace: [ 57.400180] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 57.404842] While writing 2 byte written 1 bytes [ 57.409493] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 737 at drivers/mtd/spi-nor/sst.c:187 sst_nor_write_data+0x6c/0x74 [ 57.418464] Modules linked in: [ 57.421517] CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 737 Comm: mtd_debug Not tainted 6.12.0-g5ad04afd91f9 #30 [ 57.429517] Hardware name: Xilinx Versal A2197 Processor board revA - x-prc-02 revA (DT) [ 57.437600] pstate: 60000005 (nZCv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) [ 57.444557] pc : sst_nor_write_data+0x6c/0x74 [ 57.448911] lr : sst_nor_write_data+0x6c/0x74 [ 57.453264] sp : ffff80008232bb40 [ 57.456570] x29: ffff80008232bb40 x28: 0000000000010000 x27: 0000000000000001 [ 57.463708] x26: 000000000000ffff x25: 0000000000000000 x24: 0000000000000000 [ 57.470843] x23: 0000000000010000 x22: ffff80008232bbf0 x21: ffff000816230000 [ 57.477978] x20: ffff0008056c0080 x19: 0000000000000002 x18: 0000000000000006 [ 57.485112] x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0000000000000000 x15: ffff80008232b580 [ 57.492246] x14: 0000000000000000 x13: ffff8000816d1530 x12: 00000000000004a4 [ 57.499380] x11: 000000000000018c x10: ffff8000816fd530 x9 : ffff8000816d1530 [ 57.506515] x8 : 00000000fffff7ff x7 : ffff8000816fd530 x6 : 0000000000000001 [ 57.513649] x5 : 0000000000000000 x4 : 0000000000000000 x3 : 0000000000000000 [ 57.520782] x2 : 0000000000000000 x1 : 0000000000000000 x0 : ffff0008049b0000 [ 57.527916] Call trace: [ 57.530354] sst_nor_write_data+0x6c/0x74 [ 57.534361] sst_nor_write+0xb4/0x18c [ 57.538019] mtd_write_oob_std+0x7c/0x88 [ 57.541941] mtd_write_oob+0x70/0xbc [ 57.545511] mtd_write+0x68/0xa8 [ 57.548733] mtdchar_write+0x10c/0x290 [ 57.552477] vfs_write+0xb4/0x3a8 [ 57.555791] ksys_write+0x74/0x10c [ 57.559189] __arm64_sys_write+0x1c/0x28 [ 57.563109] invoke_syscall+0x54/0x11c [ 57.566856] el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0xc0/0xe0 [ 57.571557] do_el0_svc+0x1c/0x28 [ 57.574868] el0_svc+0x30/0xcc [ 57.577921] el0t_64_sync_handler+0x120/0x12c [ 57.582276] el0t_64_sync+0x190/0x194 [ 57.585933] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- [pratyush@kernel.org: add Cc stable tag]

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Complete
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2024-12-29 CVE Reserved
  • 2025-03-12 CVE Published
  • 2025-03-12 CVE Updated
  • ---------- EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Linux
Search vendor "Linux"
Linux Kernel
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>= 6.12 < 6.12.17
Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 6.12 < 6.12.17"
en
Affected
Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 6.12 < 6.13.5
Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 6.12 < 6.13.5"
en
Affected
Linux
Search vendor "Linux"
Linux Kernel
Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"
>= 6.12 < 6.14-rc4
Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 6.12 < 6.14-rc4"
en
Affected