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CVE-2025-40185
published 2025-11-12

CVE-2025-40185: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ice: ice_adapter: release xa entry on adapter allocation failure When ice_adapter_new()…

PriorityP421medium4.4
EPSS
0.20%
9.7th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ice: ice_adapter: release xa entry on adapter allocation failure When ice_adapter_new() fails, the reserved XArray entry created by xa_insert() is not released. This causes subsequent insertions at the same index to return -EBUSY, potentially leading to NULL pointer dereferences. Reorder the operations as suggested by Przemek Kitszel: 1. Check if adapter already exists (xa_load) 2. Reserve the XArray slot (xa_reserve) 3. Allocate the adapter (ice_adapter_new) 4. Store the adapter (xa_store)

Affected

12 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 6.17.6-1 (forky)linux 6.17.6-1 (forky)
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= 0f0023c649c7bc50543fbe6e1801eb6357b8bd63 < 7b9269de9815fc34d93dab90bd5169bacbe78e707b9269de9815fc34d93dab90bd5169bacbe78e70
linuxlinux>= 0f0023c649c7bc50543fbe6e1801eb6357b8bd63 < 794abb265de3e792167fe3ea0440c064c722bb84794abb265de3e792167fe3ea0440c064c722bb84
linuxlinux>= 0f0023c649c7bc50543fbe6e1801eb6357b8bd63 < 2db687f3469dbc5c59bc53d55acafd75d530b4972db687f3469dbc5c59bc53d55acafd75d530b497
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.12.57-16.12.57-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.17.6-16.17.6-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.17.0-14.146.17.0-14.14
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.11.0 < 6.12.546.12.54
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.13.0 < 6.17.46.17.4
ubuntulinux-aws
ubuntulinux-oracle
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