NULL pointer dereference in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-40185

Vulnerability identifier: #VU118483

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-2025-40185

CWE-ID: CWE-476

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 NULL pointer dereference within the ice_adapter_get() function in drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_adapter.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Linux kernel
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• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2db687f3469dbc5c59bc53d55acafd75d530b497
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/794abb265de3e792167fe3ea0440c064c722bb84
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7b9269de9815fc34d93dab90bd5169bacbe78e70

• NULL pointer dereference in Linux kernel intel ice driver
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 update for kernel
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 update for kernel
• SUSE update for the Linux Kernel
• SUSE update for the Linux Kernel
• SUSE update for the Linux Kernel
• Ubuntu update for linux-gcp
• Ubuntu update for linux
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