# CVE-2025-21833: iommu/vt-d: Avoid use of NULL after WARN\_ON\_ONCE

- Severity: CVSS 5.5 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-03-06 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.7

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iommu/vt-d: Avoid use of NULL after WARN_ON_ONCE There is a WARN_ON_ONCE to catch an unlikely situation when domain_remove_dev_pasid can't find the `pasid`. In case it nevertheless happens we must avoid using a NULL pointer.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/68ec78beb4a3fb0877cbaaf49758c85410c05977
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/df96876be3b064aefc493f760e0639765d13ed0d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/60f030f7418d3f1d94f2fb207fe3080e1844630b

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