Resource management error in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-40165
Published: November 12, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU118441
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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-2025-40165
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to resource management error within the mxc_isi_m2m_vb2_buffer_queue(), mxc_isi_m2m_vb2_stop_streaming() and mxc_isi_m2m_s_fmt_vid() functions in drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-m2m.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2025-40165
Install update from vendor's repository.