CVE-2025-40360 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Linux

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference49 documents7 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHOSV
OSV3.2
No vector
EPSS
0.1%
top 79.07%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
LinuxLinux KernelDebian Linux+1 more
Timeline
PublishedDec 16
Latest updateApr 13

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/sysfb: Do not dereference NULL pointer in plane reset The plane state in __drm_gem_reset_shadow_plane() can be NULL. Do not deref that pointer, but forward NULL to the other plane-reset helpers. Clears plane->state to NULL. v2: - fix typo in commit description (Javier)

Affected Packages6 packages

▶Linuxlinux/linux_kernel5.15.0 — 5.15.197+4
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 6.1.159-1+2
▶Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 5.15.0-173.183+2
▶CVEListV5linux/linuxb715650220311e50448cb499c71084ca8aeeeece — 6abeff03cb79a2c7f4554a8e8738acd35bb37152+6
▶debiandebian/linux< linux 6.1.159-1 (bookworm)

🔴Vulnerability Details

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📋Vendor Advisories

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🕵️Threat Intelligence

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Wiz
CVE-2025-40360 Impact, Exploitability, and Mitigation Steps | Wiz↗
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