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CVE-2025-40116

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CVE-2025-40116

Published: Nov 12, 2025

Modified: May 11, 2026

PUBLISHED

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: host: max3421-hcd: Fix error pointer dereference in probe cleanup The kthread_run() function returns error pointers so the max3421_hcd->spi_thread pointer can be either error pointers or NULL. Check for both before dereferencing it.

VendorProductVersions

Linux

Linux

affected
05dfa5c9bc37933181b619e42ec0eeb41ef31362 - < 89838fe5c6c010ff8d3924f22afd9c18c5c95310
affected
05dfa5c9bc37933181b619e42ec0eeb41ef31362 - < 3facf69a735e730ae36387f18780fe420708aa91
affected
05dfa5c9bc37933181b619e42ec0eeb41ef31362 - < e0e0ce06f3571be9b26790e4df56ba37b1de8543
affected
05dfa5c9bc37933181b619e42ec0eeb41ef31362 - < 3723c3dda1cc82c9bbca08fcbd46705a361bfd56
affected
05dfa5c9bc37933181b619e42ec0eeb41ef31362 - < b0439e3762ac9ea580f714e1504a1827d1ad32f5

+3 more versions

Linux

Linux

affected
3.16
unaffected
0 - < 3.16
unaffected
5.4.301 - <= 5.4.*
unaffected
5.10.246 - <= 5.10.*
unaffected
5.15.195 - <= 5.15.*

+5 more versions

References

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