CVE-2025-40134 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Linux

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference54 documents6 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHOSV
OSV5.5OSV3.2
No vector
EPSS
0.0%
top 87.39%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
LinuxLinux KernelDebian Linux+1 more
Timeline
PublishedNov 12
Latest updateApr 13

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dm: fix NULL pointer dereference in __dm_suspend() There is a race condition between dm device suspend and table load that can lead to null pointer dereference. The issue occurs when suspend is invoked before table load completes: BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000054 Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI CPU: 6 PID: 6798 Comm: dmsetup Not tainted 6.6.0-g7e52f5f0ca9b #62 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i4…

Affected Packages6 packages

▶Linuxlinux/linux_kernel5.0.0 — 5.4.301+6
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.10.247-1+3
▶Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 5.15.0-170.180+2
▶CVEListV5linux/linuxc4576aed8d85d808cd6443bda58393d525207d01 — 9dc43ea6a20ff83fe9a5fe4be47ae0fbf2409b98+8
▶debiandebian/linux< linux 6.1.158-1 (bookworm)

🔴Vulnerability Details

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OSV
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OSV
linux-raspi, linux-raspi-realtime vulnerabilities↗2026-04-01
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OSV
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OSV
linux-azure vulnerabilities↗2026-03-25
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OSV
linux-aws-6.8 vulnerabilities↗2026-03-23
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Ubuntu
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Azure FIPS) vulnerabilities↗2026-04-09
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Azure FIPS) vulnerabilities↗2026-04-09
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi) vulnerabilities↗2026-04-01
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi) vulnerabilities↗2026-04-01
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