{"cve":"CVE-2025-40116","nvd":{"published":"2025-11-12T11:15:40.877","modified":"2026-10-19T21:10:00.160","status":"Deferred","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nusb: host: max3421-hcd: Fix error pointer dereference in probe cleanup\n\nThe kthread_run() function returns error pointers so the\nmax3421_hcd->spi_thread pointer can be either error pointers or NULL.\nCheck for both before dereferencing it.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/186e8f2bdba551f3ae23396caccd452d985c23e3","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3723c3dda1cc82c9bbca08fcbd46705a361bfd56","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3facf69a735e730ae36387f18780fe420708aa91","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/89838fe5c6c010ff8d3924f22afd9c18c5c95310","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b0439e3762ac9ea580f714e1504a1827d1ad32f5"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-21T03:43:09.190223697+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-40116","score":0.00225,"percentile":0.13031,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}