Description
An issue was discovered in the NPU driver in Samsung Mobile Processor Exynos 1280, 2200, 1380, 1480, 2400, 1580, 2500. There is a NULL Pointer Dereference of hdev in the __npu_vertex_bootup function.
Affected products
samsung: exynos 1280 firmware; samsung: exynos 1280; samsung: exynos 1380 firmware; samsung: exynos 1380; samsung: exynos 1480 firmware; samsung: exynos 1480; samsung: exynos 1580 firmware; samsung: exynos 1580; samsung: exynos 2200 firmware; samsung: exynos 2200; samsung: exynos 2400 firmware; samsung: exynos 2400; samsung: exynos 2500 firmware; samsung: exynos 2500
References2
- semiconductor.samsung.com/support/quality-support/product-secur… Vendor Advisory
- semiconductor.samsung.com/support/quality-support/product-secur… Vendor Advisory
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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7.5
HIGH
Score source: CNA
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 29 · as of 10 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-476
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