Use of uninitialized resource in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-40177

Vulnerability identifier: #VU118428

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 6.8 [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]

CVE-ID: CVE-2025-40177

CWE-ID: CWE-908

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to use of uninitialized resource within the qaic_bootlog_mhi_probe() function in drivers/accel/qaic/qaic_debugfs.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Linux kernel
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching
SUSE Real Time Module
Public Cloud Module
Legacy Module
Development Tools Module
Basesystem Module
Ubuntu
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_9-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_31-rt
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_31-rt-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_31-default
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_9-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_31-default-debuginfo
kernel-devel-rt
kernel-source-rt
kernel-syms-rt
kernel-rt-debugsource
dlm-kmp-rt
kernel-rt
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-rt
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-rt
kernel-rt-devel
cluster-md-kmp-rt
kernel-source-azure
kernel-azure
kernel-azure-debuginfo
kernel-azure-devel
kernel-syms-azure
kernel-azure-debugsource
kernel-azure-devel-debuginfo
kernel-devel-azure
kernel-default-livepatch-devel
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo
kernel-default-livepatch
kernel-default-extra
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-64kb
kernel-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-debugsource
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-devel
kernel-default
kernel-default-debugsource
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo
kernel-default-devel
kernel-default-debuginfo
kernel-macros
kernel-devel
kernel-zfcpdump
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource
kernel-obs-build-debugsource
cluster-md-kmp-default
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-default
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-default
ocfs2-kmp-default
reiserfs-kmp-default
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-source
kernel-syms
kernel-obs-build
kernel-docs
kernel-default-base
linux-oem-6.14 (Ubuntu package)
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure (Ubuntu package)

Install update from vendor's repository.

kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_9-debugsource - update to 1-150700.1.3.2
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_31-rt - update to 1-150700.1.3.2
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_31-rt-debuginfo - update to 1-150700.1.3.2
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_31-default - update to 1-150700.15.3.1
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_9-debugsource - update to 1-150700.15.3.1
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_31-default-debuginfo - update to 1-150700.15.3.1
kernel-devel-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.31.1
kernel-source-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.31.1
kernel-syms-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.31.1
kernel-rt-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.31.2
dlm-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.31.2
kernel-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.31.2
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.31.2
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.31.2
ocfs2-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.31.2
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.31.2
kernel-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.31.2
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.31.2
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.31.2
gfs2-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.31.2
kernel-rt-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.31.2
cluster-md-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.31.2
kernel-source-azure - update to 6.4.0-150700.20.27.1
kernel-azure - update to 6.4.0-150700.20.27.1
kernel-azure-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.20.27.1
kernel-azure-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.20.27.1
kernel-syms-azure - update to 6.4.0-150700.20.27.1
kernel-azure-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.20.27.1
kernel-azure-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.20.27.1
kernel-devel-azure - update to 6.4.0-150700.20.27.1
kernel-default-livepatch-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.31.1
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.31.1
kernel-default-livepatch - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.31.1
kernel-default-extra - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.31.1
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.31.1
kernel-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.31.1
kernel-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.31.1
kernel-64kb-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.31.1
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.31.1
kernel-64kb-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.31.1
kernel-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.31.1
kernel-default-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.31.1
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.31.1
kernel-default-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.31.1
kernel-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.31.1
kernel-macros - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.31.1
kernel-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.31.1
kernel-zfcpdump - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.31.1
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.31.1
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.31.1
kernel-obs-build-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.31.1
cluster-md-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.31.1
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.31.1
gfs2-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.31.1
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.31.1
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.31.1
dlm-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.31.1
ocfs2-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.31.1
reiserfs-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.31.1
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.31.1
kernel-source - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.31.1
kernel-syms - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.31.1
kernel-obs-build - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.31.1
kernel-docs - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.31.1
kernel-default-base - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.31.1.150700.17.21.1
linux-oem-6.14 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.14.0-1017.17, 6.14.0-1018.18
linux (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.17.0-14.14, 6.17.0-1006.7, 6.17.0-1008.8
linux-aws (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.17.0-1007.7
linux-gcp (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.17.0-1007.7
linux-azure (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.17.0-1008.8

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/48814afc7372f96a9584125c8508dffc88d1d378
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/646868e6962b14e25ae7462fdd1fb061b40c1f16
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fd6e385528d8f85993b7bfc6430576136bb14c65

• Use of uninitialized resource in Linux kernel accel qaic driver
• Ubuntu update for linux-oem-6.14
• SUSE update for the Linux Kernel
• Ubuntu update for linux-gcp
• Ubuntu update for linux
• SUSE update for the Linux Kernel
• Ubuntu update for linux-aws
• SUSE update for the Linux Kernel
• Ubuntu update for linux-azure