# CVE-2025-21998: firmware: qcom: uefisecapp: fix efivars registration race

- Severity: CVSS 4.7 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/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: 2025-04-03 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.11

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: firmware: qcom: uefisecapp: fix efivars registration race Since the conversion to using the TZ allocator, the efivars service is registered before the memory pool has been allocated, something which can lead to a NULL-pointer dereference in case of a racing EFI variable access. Make sure that all resources have been set up before registering the efivars.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c4e37b381a7a243c298a4858fc0a5a74e737c79a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f15a2b96a0e41c426c63a932d0e63cde7b9784aa
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/da8d493a80993972c427002684d0742560f3be4a

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