CVE-2025-40092 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Linux
Severity
7.8HIGHOSV
OSV5.5OSV3.2
No vectorEPSS
0.1%
top 81.96%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedOct 30
Latest updateApr 13
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
usb: gadget: f_ncm: Refactor bind path to use __free()
After an bind/unbind cycle, the ncm->notify_req is left stale. If a
subsequent bind fails, the unified error label attempts to free this
stale request, leading to a NULL pointer dereference when accessing
ep->ops->free_request.
Refactor the error handling in the bind path to use the __free()
automatic cleanup mechanism.
Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at…
Affected Packages7 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linux9f6ce4240a2bf456402c15c06768059e5973f28c — 185193a4714aa9c78437a7a1858fbe5771f0f45c+6