CVE-2025-40187NULL Pointer Dereference in Linux

Severity
7.8HIGHOSV
OSV5.5OSV3.2
No vector
EPSS
0.0%
top 87.20%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedNov 12
Latest updateApr 13

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/sctp: fix a null dereference in sctp_disposition sctp_sf_do_5_1D_ce() If new_asoc->peer.adaptation_ind=0 and sctp_ulpevent_make_authkey=0 and sctp_ulpevent_make_authkey() returns 0, then the variable ai_ev remains zero and the zero will be dereferenced in the sctp_ulpevent_free() function.

Affected Packages7 packages

Linuxlinux/linux_kernel4.17.05.4.301+6
Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.10.247-1+3
Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 5.15.0-170.180+2
CVEListV5linux/linux30f6ebf65bc46161c5aaff1db2e6e7c76aa4a06b1014b83778c8677f1d7a57c26dc728baa801ac62+8

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