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CVE-2025-23149

tpm: do not start chip while suspended

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: tpm: do not start chip while suspended Checking TPM_CHIP_FLAG_SUSPENDED after the call to tpm_find_get_ops() can
lead to a spurious tpm_chip_start() call: [35985.503771] i2c i2c-1: Transfer while suspended
[35985.503796] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 74 at drivers/i2c/i2c-core.h:56 __i2c_transfer+0xbe/0x810
[35985.503802] Modules linked in:
[35985.503808] CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 74 Comm: hwrng Tainted: G W 6.13.0-next-20250203-00005-gfa0cb5642941 #19 9c3d7f78192f2d38e32010ac9c90fdc71109ef6f
[35985.503814] Tainted: [W]=WARN
[35985.503817] Hardware name: Google Morphius/Morphius, BIOS Google_Morphius.13434.858.0 10/26/2023
[35985.503819] RIP: 0010:__i2c_transfer+0xbe/0x810
[35985.503825] Code: 30 01 00 00 4c 89 f7 e8 40 fe d8 ff 48 8b 93 80 01 00 00 48 85 d2 75 03 49 8b 16 48 c7 c7 0a fb 7c a7 48 89 c6 e8 32 ad b0 fe <0f> 0b b8 94 ff ff ff e9 33 04 00 00 be 02 00 00 00 83 fd 02 0f 5
[35985.503828] RSP: 0018:ffffa106c0333d30 EFLAGS: 00010246
[35985.503833] RAX: 074ba64aa20f7000 RBX: ffff8aa4c1167120 RCX: 0000000000000000
[35985.503836] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffffa77ab0e4 RDI: 0000000000000001
[35985.503838] RBP: 0000000000000001 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000000
[35985.503841] R10: 0000000000000004 R11: 00000001000313d5 R12: ffff8aa4c10f1820
[35985.503843] R13: ffff8aa4c0e243c0 R14: ffff8aa4c1167250 R15: ffff8aa4c1167120
[35985.503846] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8aa4eae00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[35985.503849] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[35985.503852] CR2: 00007fab0aaf1000 CR3: 0000000105328000 CR4: 00000000003506f0
[35985.503855] Call Trace:
[35985.503859] <TASK>
[35985.503863] ? __warn+0xd4/0x260
[35985.503868] ? __i2c_transfer+0xbe/0x810
[35985.503874] ? report_bug+0xf3/0x210
[35985.503882] ? handle_bug+0x63/0xb0
[35985.503887] ? exc_invalid_op+0x16/0x50
[35985.503892] ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x16/0x20
[35985.503904] ? __i2c_transfer+0xbe/0x810
[35985.503913] tpm_cr50_i2c_transfer_message+0x24/0xf0
[35985.503920] tpm_cr50_i2c_read+0x8e/0x120
[35985.503928] tpm_cr50_request_locality+0x75/0x170
[35985.503935] tpm_chip_start+0x116/0x160
[35985.503942] tpm_try_get_ops+0x57/0x90
[35985.503948] tpm_find_get_ops+0x26/0xd0
[35985.503955] tpm_get_random+0x2d/0x80 Don't move forward with tpm_chip_start() inside tpm_try_get_ops(), unless
TPM_CHIP_FLAG_SUSPENDED is not set. tpm_find_get_ops() will return NULL in
such a failure case.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tpm: do not start chip while suspended Checking TPM_CHIP_FLAG_SUSPENDED after the call to tpm_find_get_ops() can lead to a spurious tpm_chip_start() call: [35985.503771] i2c i2c-1: Transfer while suspended [35985.503796] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 74 at drivers/i2c/i2c-core.h:56 __i2c_transfer+0xbe/0x810 [35985.503802] Modules linked in: [35985.503808] CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 74 Comm: hwrng Tainted: G W 6.13.0-next-20250203-00005-gfa0cb5642941 #19 9c3d7f78192f2d38e32010ac9c90fdc71109ef6f [35985.503814] Tainted: [W]=WARN [35985.503817] Hardware name: Google Morphius/Morphius, BIOS Google_Morphius.13434.858.0 10/26/2023 [35985.503819] RIP: 0010:__i2c_transfer+0xbe/0x810 [35985.503825] Code: 30 01 00 00 4c 89 f7 e8 40 fe d8 ff 48 8b 93 80 01 00 00 48 85 d2 75 03 49 8b 16 48 c7 c7 0a fb 7c a7 48 89 c6 e8 32 ad b0 fe <0f> 0b b8 94 ff ff ff e9 33 04 00 00 be 02 00 00 00 83 fd 02 0f 5 [35985.503828] RSP: 0018:ffffa106c0333d30 EFLAGS: 00010246 [35985.503833] RAX: 074ba64aa20f7000 RBX: ffff8aa4c1167120 RCX: 0000000000000000 [35985.503836] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffffa77ab0e4 RDI: 0000000000000001 [35985.503838] RBP: 0000000000000001 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000000 [35985.503841] R10: 0000000000000004 R11: 00000001000313d5 R12: ffff8aa4c10f1820 [35985.503843] R13: ffff8aa4c0e243c0 R14: ffff8aa4c1167250 R15: ffff8aa4c1167120 [35985.503846] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8aa4eae00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [35985.503849] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [35985.503852] CR2: 00007fab0aaf1000 CR3: 0000000105328000 CR4: 00000000003506f0 [35985.503855] Call Trace: [35985.503859] <TASK> [35985.503863] ? __warn+0xd4/0x260 [35985.503868] ? __i2c_transfer+0xbe/0x810 [35985.503874] ? report_bug+0xf3/0x210 [35985.503882] ? handle_bug+0x63/0xb0 [35985.503887] ? exc_invalid_op+0x16/0x50 [35985.503892] ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x16/0x20 [35985.503904] ? __i2c_transfer+0xbe/0x810 [35985.503913] tpm_cr50_i2c_transfer_message+0x24/0xf0 [35985.503920] tpm_cr50_i2c_read+0x8e/0x120 [35985.503928] tpm_cr50_request_locality+0x75/0x170 [35985.503935] tpm_chip_start+0x116/0x160 [35985.503942] tpm_try_get_ops+0x57/0x90 [35985.503948] tpm_find_get_ops+0x26/0xd0 [35985.503955] tpm_get_random+0x2d/0x80 Don't move forward with tpm_chip_start() inside tpm_try_get_ops(), unless TPM_CHIP_FLAG_SUSPENDED is not set. tpm_find_get_ops() will return NULL in such a failure case.

*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
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
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Automatable
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Tech. Impact
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* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2025-01-11 CVE Reserved
  • 2025-05-01 CVE Published
  • 2025-05-01 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
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Linux Kernel
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>= 6.6.64 < 6.6.88
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en
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Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 6.12 < 6.12.24
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en
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Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 6.12 < 6.13.12
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en
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Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 6.12 < 6.14.3
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en
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Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 6.12 < 6.15-rc1
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en
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Linux
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Linux Kernel
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6.11.8
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