CVE-2025-37981: Linux Kernel

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: smartpqi: Use is_kdump_kernel() to check for kdump The smartpqi driver checks the reset_devices variable to determine whether special adjustments need to be made for kdump. This has the effect that after a regular kexec reboot, some driver parameters such as max_transfer_size are much lower than usual. More importantly, kexec reboot tests have revealed memory corruption caused by the driver log being written to system memory after a kexec. Fix this by testing is_kdump_kernel() rather than reset_devices where appropriate.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 6.12, before 6.12.25 (fixed in 6.12.25); from 6.13, before 6.14.4 (fixed in 6.14.4); version 6.15 only

Published 2025-05-20. Last modified 2026-06-17.