medium5.5
CVE-2025-71114
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: via_wdt: fix critical boot hang due to unnamed resource allocation The VIA watchdog driver …
Impact
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: via_wdt: fix critical boot hang due to unnamed resource allocation The VIA watchdog driver uses allocate_resource() to reserve a MMIO region for the watchdog control register. However, the allocated resource was not given a name, which causes the kernel resource tree to contain an entry marked as "<BAD>" under /proc/iomem on x86 platforms. During boot, this unnamed resource can lead to a critical hang because subsequent resource lookups and conflict checks fail to handle the invalid entry properly.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux Kernel | from 3.3.1 before 5.10.248 from 5.11 before 5.15.198 from 5.16 before 6.1.160 from 6.2 before 6.6.120 from 6.7 before 6.12.64 from 6.13 before 6.18.3 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1d56025a3af50db0f3da2792f41eb9943eee5324
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/47c910965c936724070d2a8094a4c3ed8f452856
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7aa31ee9ec92915926e74731378c009c9cc04928
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c6a2dd4f2e4e6cbdfe7a1618160281af897b75db
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c7b986adc9e9336066350542ac5a2005d305ae78
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d2c7c90aca7b37f60f16b2bedcfeb16204f2f35d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f7b6370d0fbee06a867037d675797a606cb62e57
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-019113.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-457936.html