PT-2025-44128 · Linux · Linux Kernel

Published 2025-10-28 · Updated 2025-10-29 · CVE-2025-40060

Positive Technologies · (AI Summary)

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description The TRBE driver in the Linux kernel does not properly handle allocation failures. When buffer allocation fails, the driver returns an error code, but the calling function only checks for a NULL pointer, missing the error. This can lead to a kernel panic. The fix involves returning a NULL pointer from

arm trbe alloc buffer()

on allocation failures, allowing callers to handle the failure correctly.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-40060

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

References · 9

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-40060 · Security Note
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f505a165f1c7cd37b4cb6952042a5984693a4067 · Note
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8a55c161f7f9c1aa1c70611b39830d51c83ef36d · Note
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/296da78494633e1ab5e2e74173a9c8683b04aa6b · Note
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fe53a726d5edf864e80b490780cc135fc1adece9 · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1983149459044516013 · Twitter Post
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9768536f82600a05ce901e31ccfabd92c027ff71 · Note
• https://t.me/msrcreports/2236 · Telegram Post
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cef047e0a55cb07906fcaae99170f19a9c0bb6c2 · Note