CVE-2025-40034
published 2025-10-28CVE-2025-40034: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: PCI/AER: Avoid NULL pointer dereference in aer_ratelimit() When platform firmware supplies…
PriorityP424medium6.6
EPSS
0.19%
8.5th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
PCI/AER: Avoid NULL pointer dereference in aer_ratelimit()
When platform firmware supplies error information to the OS, e.g., via the
ACPI APEI GHES mechanism, it may identify an error source device that
doesn't advertise an AER Capability and therefore dev->aer_info, which
contains AER stats and ratelimiting data, is NULL.
pci_dev_aer_stats_incr() already checks dev->aer_info for NULL, but
aer_ratelimit() did not, leading to NULL pointer dereferences like this one
from the URL below:
{1}[Hardware Error]: Hardware error from APEI Generic Hardware Error Source: 0
{1}[Hardware Error]: event severity: corrected
{1}[Hardware Error]: device_id: 0000:00:00.0
{1}[Hardware Error]: vendor_id: 0x8086, device_id: 0x2020
{1}[Hardware Error]: aer_cor_status: 0x00001000, aer_cor_mask: 0x00002000
BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000264
RIP: 0010:___ratelimit+0xc/0x1b0
pci_print_aer+0x141/0x360
aer_recover_work_func+0xb5/0x130
[8086:2020] is an Intel "Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers" device that claims to
be a Root Port but does not advertise an AER Capability.
Add a NULL check in aer_ratelimit() to avoid the NULL pointer dereference.
Note that this also prevents ratelimiting these events from GHES.
[bhelgaas: add crash details to commit log]
Affected
9 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | linux | < linux 6.17.6-1 (forky) | linux 6.17.6-1 (forky) |
| linux | linux | — | — |
| linux | linux | >= a57f2bfb4a5863f83087867c0e671f2418212d23 < 41683624cbff0a26bb7e0627f4a7e1b51a8779a8 | 41683624cbff0a26bb7e0627f4a7e1b51a8779a8 |
| linux | linux | >= a57f2bfb4a5863f83087867c0e671f2418212d23 < deb2f228388ff3a9d0623e3b59a053e9235c341d | deb2f228388ff3a9d0623e3b59a053e9235c341d |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 0 < 6.17.6-1 | 6.17.6-1 |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 0 < 6.17.0-14.14 | 6.17.0-14.14 |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 6.16.0 < 6.17.3 | 6.17.3 |
| ubuntu | linux-aws | — | — |
| ubuntu | linux-oracle | — | — |
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VulDB
Linux Kernel up to 6.17.2 PCI aer_ratelimit null pointer dereference (Nessus ID 271871 / WID-SEC-2025-2431)
vuldb·2026-07-21
CVE-2025-40034 [CRITICAL] Linux Kernel up to 6.17.2 PCI aer_ratelimit null pointer dereference (Nessus ID 271871 / WID-SEC-2025-2431)
A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Linux Kernel up to 6.17.2. The impacted element is the function aer_ratelimit of the component PCI. The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference.
This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-40034. The attack can only be initiated within the local network. No exploit exists.
You should upgrade the affected component.
OSV
linux-azure vulnerabilities
osv·2026-02-24
linux-azure vulnerabilities
linux-azure vulnerabilities
Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
- ARM64 architecture;
- MIPS architecture;
- Nios II architecture;
- PA-RISC architecture;
- RISC-V architecture;
- S390 architecture;
- Sun Sparc architecture;
- x86 architecture;
- Xtensa architecture;
- Block layer subsystem;
- Cryptographic API;
- Compute Acceleration Framework;
- ACPI drivers;
- Drivers core;
- Network block device driver;
- Bluetooth drivers;
- Bus devices;
- Hardware random number generator core;
- Character device driver;
- Clock framework and drivers;
- Data acquisition framework and drivers;
- CPU frequency scaling framework;
- Hardware crypto device drivers
OSV
linux-oem-6.17 vulnerabilities
osv·2026-02-17
linux-oem-6.17 vulnerabilities
linux-oem-6.17 vulnerabilities
Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
- ARM64 architecture;
- MIPS architecture;
- Nios II architecture;
- PA-RISC architecture;
- RISC-V architecture;
- S390 architecture;
- Sun Sparc architecture;
- x86 architecture;
- Xtensa architecture;
- Block layer subsystem;
- Cryptographic API;
- Compute Acceleration Framework;
- ACPI drivers;
- Drivers core;
- Network block device driver;
- Bluetooth drivers;
- Bus devices;
- Hardware random number generator core;
- Character device driver;
- Clock framework and drivers;
- Data acquisition framework and drivers;
- CPU frequency scaling framework;
- Hardware crypto device driv
OSV
linux-aws, linux-oracle vulnerabilities
osv·2026-02-17
linux-aws, linux-oracle vulnerabilities
linux-aws, linux-oracle vulnerabilities
Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
- ARM64 architecture;
- MIPS architecture;
- Nios II architecture;
- PA-RISC architecture;
- RISC-V architecture;
- S390 architecture;
- Sun Sparc architecture;
- x86 architecture;
- Xtensa architecture;
- Block layer subsystem;
- Cryptographic API;
- Compute Acceleration Framework;
- ACPI drivers;
- Drivers core;
- Network block device driver;
- Bluetooth drivers;
- Bus devices;
- Hardware random number generator core;
- Character device driver;
- Clock framework and drivers;
- Data acquisition framework and drivers;
- CPU frequency scaling framework;
- Hardware crypto de
OSV
linux-gcp vulnerabilities
osv·2026-02-12
linux-gcp vulnerabilities
linux-gcp vulnerabilities
Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
- ARM64 architecture;
- MIPS architecture;
- Nios II architecture;
- PA-RISC architecture;
- RISC-V architecture;
- S390 architecture;
- Sun Sparc architecture;
- x86 architecture;
- Xtensa architecture;
- Block layer subsystem;
- Cryptographic API;
- Compute Acceleration Framework;
- ACPI drivers;
- Drivers core;
- Network block device driver;
- Bluetooth drivers;
- Bus devices;
- Hardware random number generator core;
- Character device driver;
- Clock framework and drivers;
- Data acquisition framework and drivers;
- CPU frequency scaling framework;
- Hardware crypto device drivers;
OSV
linux, linux-raspi, linux-realtime vulnerabilities
osv·2026-02-12
linux, linux-raspi, linux-realtime vulnerabilities
linux, linux-raspi, linux-realtime vulnerabilities
Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
- ARM64 architecture;
- MIPS architecture;
- Nios II architecture;
- PA-RISC architecture;
- RISC-V architecture;
- S390 architecture;
- Sun Sparc architecture;
- x86 architecture;
- Xtensa architecture;
- Block layer subsystem;
- Cryptographic API;
- Compute Acceleration Framework;
- ACPI drivers;
- Drivers core;
- Network block device driver;
- Bluetooth drivers;
- Bus devices;
- Hardware random number generator core;
- Character device driver;
- Clock framework and drivers;
- Data acquisition framework and drivers;
- CPU frequency scaling framework;
- Hardwar
GHSA
GHSA-4wjr-gmwc-pw8f: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
PCI/AER: Avoid NULL pointer dereference in aer_ratelimit()
When platform firmwar
ghsa_unreviewed·2025-10-28
CVE-2025-40034 GHSA-4wjr-gmwc-pw8f: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
PCI/AER: Avoid NULL pointer dereference in aer_ratelimit()
When platform firmwar
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
PCI/AER: Avoid NULL pointer dereference in aer_ratelimit()
When platform firmware supplies error information to the OS, e.g., via the
ACPI APEI GHES mechanism, it may identify an error source device that
doesn't advertise an AER Capability and therefore dev->aer_info, which
contains AER stats and ratelimiting data, is NULL.
pci_dev_aer_stats_incr() already checks dev->aer_info for NULL, but
aer_ratelimit() did not, leading to NULL pointer dereferences like this one
from the URL below:
{1}[Hardware Error]: Hardware error from APEI Generic Hardware Error Source: 0
{1}[Hardware Error]: event severity: corrected
{1}[Hardware Error]: device_id: 0000:00:00.0
{1}[Hardware Error]: vendor_id: 0x8086, device_id: 0x2020
{1}[Hardw
OSV
CVE-2025-40034: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: PCI/AER: Avoid NULL pointer dereference in aer_ratelimit() When platform firmware
osv·2025-10-28
CVE-2025-40034 CVE-2025-40034: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: PCI/AER: Avoid NULL pointer dereference in aer_ratelimit() When platform firmware
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: PCI/AER: Avoid NULL pointer dereference in aer_ratelimit() When platform firmware supplies error information to the OS, e.g., via the ACPI APEI GHES mechanism, it may identify an error source device that doesn't advertise an AER Capability and therefore dev->aer_info, which contains AER stats and ratelimiting data, is NULL. pci_dev_aer_stats_incr() already checks dev->aer_info for NULL, but aer_ratelimit() did not, leading to NULL pointer dereferences like this one from the URL below: {1}[Hardware Error]: Hardware error from APEI Generic Hardware Error Source: 0 {1}[Hardware Error]: event severity: corrected {1}[Hardware Error]: device_id: 0000:00:00.0 {1}[Hardware Error]: vendor_id: 0x8086, device_id: 0x2020 {1}[Hardware
OSV
PCI/AER: Avoid NULL pointer dereference in aer_ratelimit()
osv·2025-10-28
CVE-2025-40034 PCI/AER: Avoid NULL pointer dereference in aer_ratelimit()
PCI/AER: Avoid NULL pointer dereference in aer_ratelimit()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
PCI/AER: Avoid NULL pointer dereference in aer_ratelimit()
When platform firmware supplies error information to the OS, e.g., via the
ACPI APEI GHES mechanism, it may identify an error source device that
doesn't advertise an AER Capability and therefore dev->aer_info, which
contains AER stats and ratelimiting data, is NULL.
pci_dev_aer_stats_incr() already checks dev->aer_info for NULL, but
aer_ratelimit() did not, leading to NULL pointer dereferences like this one
from the URL below:
{1}[Hardware Error]: Hardware error from APEI Generic Hardware Error Source: 0
{1}[Hardware Error]: event severity: corrected
{1}[Hardware Error]: device_id: 0000:00:00.0
{1}[Har
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2026-02-24
CVE-2025-40175 Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities
Title: Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.
Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
- ARM64 architecture;
- MIPS architecture;
- Nios II architecture;
- PA-RISC architecture;
- RISC-V architecture;
- S390 architecture;
- Sun Sparc architecture;
- x86 architecture;
- Xtensa architecture;
- Block layer subsystem;
- Cryptographic API;
- Compute Acceleration Framework;
- ACPI drivers;
- Drivers core;
- Network block device driver;
- Bluetooth drivers;
- Bus devices;
- Hardware random number generator core;
- Character device driver;
- Clock framework and drivers;
- Data acquisition framewor
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2026-02-17
CVE-2025-40304 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Title: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.
Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
- ARM64 architecture;
- MIPS architecture;
- Nios II architecture;
- PA-RISC architecture;
- RISC-V architecture;
- S390 architecture;
- Sun Sparc architecture;
- x86 architecture;
- Xtensa architecture;
- Block layer subsystem;
- Cryptographic API;
- Compute Acceleration Framework;
- ACPI drivers;
- Drivers core;
- Network block device driver;
- Bluetooth drivers;
- Bus devices;
- Hardware random number generator core;
- Character device driver;
- Clock framework and drivers;
- Data acquisition framework and dr
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2026-02-17
CVE-2025-68242 Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities
Title: Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.
Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
- ARM64 architecture;
- MIPS architecture;
- Nios II architecture;
- PA-RISC architecture;
- RISC-V architecture;
- S390 architecture;
- Sun Sparc architecture;
- x86 architecture;
- Xtensa architecture;
- Block layer subsystem;
- Cryptographic API;
- Compute Acceleration Framework;
- ACPI drivers;
- Drivers core;
- Network block device driver;
- Bluetooth drivers;
- Bus devices;
- Hardware random number generator core;
- Character device driver;
- Clock framework and drivers;
- Data acquisition framework
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (GCP) vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2026-02-12
CVE-2025-68242 Linux kernel (GCP) vulnerabilities
Title: Linux kernel (GCP) vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.
Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
- ARM64 architecture;
- MIPS architecture;
- Nios II architecture;
- PA-RISC architecture;
- RISC-V architecture;
- S390 architecture;
- Sun Sparc architecture;
- x86 architecture;
- Xtensa architecture;
- Block layer subsystem;
- Cryptographic API;
- Compute Acceleration Framework;
- ACPI drivers;
- Drivers core;
- Network block device driver;
- Bluetooth drivers;
- Bus devices;
- Hardware random number generator core;
- Character device driver;
- Clock framework and drivers;
- Data acquisition framework
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2026-02-12
CVE-2025-40304 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Title: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.
Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
- ARM64 architecture;
- MIPS architecture;
- Nios II architecture;
- PA-RISC architecture;
- RISC-V architecture;
- S390 architecture;
- Sun Sparc architecture;
- x86 architecture;
- Xtensa architecture;
- Block layer subsystem;
- Cryptographic API;
- Compute Acceleration Framework;
- ACPI drivers;
- Drivers core;
- Network block device driver;
- Bluetooth drivers;
- Bus devices;
- Hardware random number generator core;
- Character device driver;
- Clock framework and drivers;
- Data acquisition framework and dr
Red Hat
kernel: PCI/AER: Avoid NULL pointer dereference in aer_ratelimit()
vendor_redhat·2025-10-28·CVSS 6.6
CVE-2025-40034 [MEDIUM] CWE-476 kernel: PCI/AER: Avoid NULL pointer dereference in aer_ratelimit()
kernel: PCI/AER: Avoid NULL pointer dereference in aer_ratelimit()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
PCI/AER: Avoid NULL pointer dereference in aer_ratelimit()
When platform firmware supplies error information to the OS, e.g., via the
ACPI APEI GHES mechanism, it may identify an error source device that
doesn't advertise an AER Capability and therefore dev->aer_info, which
contains AER stats and ratelimiting data, is NULL.
pci_dev_aer_stats_incr() already checks dev->aer_info for NULL, but
aer_ratelimit() did not, leading to NULL pointer dereferences like this one
from the URL below:
{1}[Hardware Error]: Hardware error from APEI Generic Hardware Error Source: 0
{1}[Hardware Error]: event severity: corrected
{1}[Hardware Error]: device_id: 0000:00:00.0
{1}
Debian
CVE-2025-40034: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: PCI/AER: Av...
vendor_debian·2025
CVE-2025-40034 [LOW] CVE-2025-40034: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: PCI/AER: Av...
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: PCI/AER: Avoid NULL pointer dereference in aer_ratelimit() When platform firmware supplies error information to the OS, e.g., via the ACPI APEI GHES mechanism, it may identify an error source device that doesn't advertise an AER Capability and therefore dev->aer_info, which contains AER stats and ratelimiting data, is NULL. pci_dev_aer_stats_incr() already checks dev->aer_info for NULL, but aer_ratelimit() did not, leading to NULL pointer dereferences like this one from the URL below: {1}[Hardware Error]: Hardware error from APEI Generic Hardware Error Source: 0 {1}[Hardware Error]: event severity: corrected {1}[Hardware Error]: device_id: 0000:00:00.0 {1}[Hardware Error]: vendor_id: 0x8086, device_id: 0x2020 {1}[Hardware
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2025-10-28
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