CVE-2025-40010

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: afs: Fix potential null pointer dereference in afs_put_server afs_put_server() accessed server->debug_id before the NULL check, which could lead to a null pointer dereference. Move the debug_id assignment, ensuring we never dereference a NULL server pointer.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

Mitigation details

Source: Debian Security Tracker · View original ↗ · DFSG

CVE-2025-40010 NameCVE-2025-40010 DescriptionIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: afs: Fix potential null pointer dereference in afs_put_server afs_put_server() accessed server->debug_id before the NULL check, which could lead to a null pointer dereference. Move the debug_id assignment, ensuring we never dereference a NULL server pointer. SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT,…

CVE-2025-40010

Name	CVE-2025-40010
Description	In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: afs: Fix potential null pointer dereference in afs_put_server afs_put_server() accessed server->debug_id before the NULL check, which could lead to a null pointer dereference. Move the debug_id assignment, ensuring we never dereference a NULL server pointer.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
References	DLA-4379-1, DSA-6053-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
linux (PTS)	bullseye	5.10.223-1	fixed
	bullseye (security)	5.10.257-1	fixed
	bookworm	6.1.170-3	fixed
	bookworm (security)	6.1.172-1	fixed
	trixie	6.12.86-1	fixed
	trixie (security)	6.12.90-1	fixed
	forky	7.0.9-1	fixed
	sid	7.0.10-1	fixed
linux-6.1 (PTS)	bullseye (security)	6.1.174-1~deb11u1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Origin
linux	source	bullseye	(not affected)
linux	source	bookworm	6.1.158-1	DSA-6053-1
linux	source	trixie	6.12.57-1
linux	source	(unstable)	6.16.10-1
linux-6.1	source	bullseye	6.1.158-1~deb11u1	DLA-4379-1

Notes

[bullseye] - linux <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
https://git.kernel.org/linus/9158c6bb245113d4966df9b2ba602197a379412e (6.17)

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Notes

[bullseye] - linux <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)https://git.kernel.org/linus/9158c6bb245113d4966df9b2ba602197a379412e (6.17)

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
sles		affected
debian	bookworm	fixed	`6.1.158-1`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`0`
debian	forky	fixed	`6.16.10-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`6.16.10-1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`6.12.57-1`

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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