CVE-2025-40116

Not scored yetLast modified Oct 19, 2026

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.

Metrics

No CVSS score has been published yet.

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Nov 12, 2025
Last modified
Oct 19, 2026
NVD status
Deferred

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