#VU118402 Out-of-bounds read in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-40118
Published: November 12, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU118402
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-2025-40118
CWE-ID: CWE-125
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 an out-of-bounds read error within the pm8001_dev_gone_notify() function in drivers/scsi/pm8001/pm8001_sas.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/251be2f6037fb7ab399f68cd7428ff274133d693
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/45acbf154befedd9bc135f5e031fe7855d1e6493
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/83ced3c206c292458e47c7fac54223abc7141585
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9326a1541e1b7ed3efdbab72061b82cf01c6477a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9c671d4dbfbfb0d73cfdfb706afb36d9ad60a582
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d94be0a6ae9ade706d4270e740bdb4f79953a7fc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e62251954a128a2d0fcbc19e5fa39e08935bb628
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eef5ef400893f8e3dbb09342583be0cdc716d566