FKIE_CVE-2025-68309

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-12-16 16:16 - Updated: 2026-06-17 09:58
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Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: PCI/AER: Fix NULL pointer access by aer_info The kzalloc(GFP_KERNEL) may return NULL, so all accesses to aer_info->xxx will result in kernel panic. Fix it.
References
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a27bdb14b028fed30a10cec2f945c38cb5ca4fa
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6618243bcc3f60825f761a41ed65fef9fe97eb25
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            "drivers/pci/pcie/aer.c"
          ],
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  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nPCI/AER: Fix NULL pointer access by aer_info\n\nThe kzalloc(GFP_KERNEL) may return NULL, so all accesses to aer_info-\u003exxx\nwill result in kernel panic. Fix it."
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2025-68309",
  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T09:58:54.710",
  "metrics": {},
  "published": "2025-12-16T16:16:10.447",
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    }
  ],
  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "vulnStatus": "Deferred"
}


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