# CVE-2025-22006: net: ethernet: ti: am65-cpsw: Fix NAPI registration sequence

- 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
- Fixed in: 6.12.21, 6.13.9
- Published: 2025-04-03 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: from 6.12.14, fixed in 6.12.21; from 6.13.3, fixed in 6.13.9

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ethernet: ti: am65-cpsw: Fix NAPI registration sequence Registering the interrupts for TX or RX DMA Channels prior to registering their respective NAPI callbacks can result in a NULL pointer dereference. This is seen in practice as a random occurrence since it depends on the randomness associated with the generation of traffic by Linux and the reception of traffic from the wire.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (6.12.21, 6.13.9) per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d4bf956547c38c04fad8d72a961ac4dc00bad000
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/942557abed7f38b77a47d77b92d448802eefe185
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f079290e5913a0060e059500b7d440990ac1066

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