{"cve":"CVE-2025-21845","nvd":{"published":"2025-03-12T10:15:16.820","modified":"2026-06-17T08:44:25.583","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmtd: spi-nor: sst: Fix SST write failure\n\n'commit 18bcb4aa54ea (\"mtd: spi-nor: sst: Factor out common write operation\nto `sst_nor_write_data()`\")' introduced a bug where only one byte of data\nis written, regardless of the number of bytes passed to\nsst_nor_write_data(), causing a kernel crash during the write operation.\nEnsure the correct number of bytes are written as passed to\nsst_nor_write_data().\n\nCall trace:\n[   57.400180] ------------[ cut here ]------------\n[   57.404842] While writing 2 byte written 1 bytes\n[   57.409493] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 737 at drivers/mtd/spi-nor/sst.c:187 sst_nor_write_data+0x6c/0x74\n[   57.418464] Modules linked in:\n[   57.421517] CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 737 Comm: mtd_debug Not tainted 6.12.0-g5ad04afd91f9 #30\n[   57.429517] Hardware name: Xilinx Versal A2197 Processor board revA - x-prc-02 revA (DT)\n[   57.437600] pstate: 60000005 (nZCv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)\n[   57.444557] pc : sst_nor_write_data+0x6c/0x74\n[   57.448911] lr : sst_nor_write_data+0x6c/0x74\n[   57.453264] sp : ffff80008232bb40\n[   57.456570] x29: ffff80008232bb40 x28: 0000000000010000 x27: 0000000000000001\n[   57.463708] x26: 000000000000ffff x25: 0000000000000000 x24: 0000000000000000\n[   57.470843] x23: 0000000000010000 x22: ffff80008232bbf0 x21: ffff000816230000\n[   57.477978] x20: ffff0008056c0080 x19: 0000000000000002 x18: 0000000000000006\n[   57.485112] x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0000000000000000 x15: ffff80008232b580\n[   57.492246] x14: 0000000000000000 x13: ffff8000816d1530 x12: 00000000000004a4\n[   57.499380] x11: 000000000000018c x10: ffff8000816fd530 x9 : ffff8000816d1530\n[   57.506515] x8 : 00000000fffff7ff x7 : ffff8000816fd530 x6 : 0000000000000001\n[   57.513649] x5 : 0000000000000000 x4 : 0000000000000000 x3 : 0000000000000000\n[   57.520782] x2 : 0000000000000000 x1 : 0000000000000000 x0 : ffff0008049b0000\n[   57.527916] Call trace:\n[   57.530354]  sst_nor_write_data+0x6c/0x74\n[   57.534361]  sst_nor_write+0xb4/0x18c\n[   57.538019]  mtd_write_oob_std+0x7c/0x88\n[   57.541941]  mtd_write_oob+0x70/0xbc\n[   57.545511]  mtd_write+0x68/0xa8\n[   57.548733]  mtdchar_write+0x10c/0x290\n[   57.552477]  vfs_write+0xb4/0x3a8\n[   57.555791]  ksys_write+0x74/0x10c\n[   57.559189]  __arm64_sys_write+0x1c/0x28\n[   57.563109]  invoke_syscall+0x54/0x11c\n[   57.566856]  el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0xc0/0xe0\n[   57.571557]  do_el0_svc+0x1c/0x28\n[   57.574868]  el0_svc+0x30/0xcc\n[   57.577921]  el0t_64_sync_handler+0x120/0x12c\n[   57.582276]  el0t_64_sync+0x190/0x194\n[   57.585933] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---\n\n[pratyush@kernel.org: add Cc stable tag]","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/539bd20352832b9244238a055eb169ccf1c41ff6","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9553391f32f8c43e12fc7c04e1035160b5ea20bf","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bb1accc7e0f688886f0c634f2e878b8ac4ee6a58","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f791837015a0d20f584d0ed368393f119a00018f","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f7c14993dc2f1eca661975c0ff90a6e2098ecd41"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:00:17.429720821+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-21845","score":0.0026,"percentile":0.1783,"date":"2026-11-01"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}