#VU117731 NULL pointer dereference in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-40060
Published: October 28, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU117731
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-40060
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Software vendor:
Linux Foundation
Linux Foundation
Description
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to NULL pointer dereference within the arm_trbe_alloc_buffer() function in drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-trbe.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's repository.
External links
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/296da78494633e1ab5e2e74173a9c8683b04aa6b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8a55c161f7f9c1aa1c70611b39830d51c83ef36d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9768536f82600a05ce901e31ccfabd92c027ff71
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cef047e0a55cb07906fcaae99170f19a9c0bb6c2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f505a165f1c7cd37b4cb6952042a5984693a4067
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fe53a726d5edf864e80b490780cc135fc1adece9