FKIE_CVE-2025-40116

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-11-12 11:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 09:21
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Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: host: max3421-hcd: Fix error pointer dereference in probe cleanup The kthread_run() function returns error pointers so the max3421_hcd->spi_thread pointer can be either error pointers or NULL. Check for both before dereferencing it.
References
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/186e8f2bdba551f3ae23396caccd452d985c23e3
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3723c3dda1cc82c9bbca08fcbd46705a361bfd56
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3facf69a735e730ae36387f18780fe420708aa91
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/89838fe5c6c010ff8d3924f22afd9c18c5c95310
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b0439e3762ac9ea580f714e1504a1827d1ad32f5
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b682ce44bf20ada752a2f6ce70d5a575c56f6a35
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e0e0ce06f3571be9b26790e4df56ba37b1de8543
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e68ea6de1d0551f90d7a2c75f82cb3ebe5e397dc
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  "descriptions": [
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      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nusb: host: max3421-hcd: Fix error pointer dereference in probe cleanup\n\nThe kthread_run() function returns error pointers so the\nmax3421_hcd-\u003espi_thread pointer can be either error pointers or NULL.\nCheck for both before dereferencing it."
    }
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  "id": "CVE-2025-40116",
  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T09:21:17.520",
  "metrics": {},
  "published": "2025-11-12T11:15:40.877",
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  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "vulnStatus": "Deferred"
}


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