#VU118406 NULL pointer dereference in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-40144
Published: November 12, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU118406
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-2025-40144
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 ndtest_probe() function in tools/testing/nvdimm/test/ndtest.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/8aea9d512c65eed0dad98b8d65ce74fe77c01b34
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/972cbba5cd384bacdc2eb589776e1d0a9f42714f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a9e6aa994917ee602798bbb03180a194b37865bb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b808a3590c2884ca91316dbadbfcc1924f5893c7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bc8b56317ff83ef4bba89bda356b93978604694f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e4a1e3e88160f7d7a2c33e3db8844073ed6eaf97