{"cve":"CVE-2025-40156","nvd":{"published":"2025-11-12T11:15:45.610","modified":"2026-10-19T21:10:00.160","status":"Deferred","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nPM / devfreq: mtk-cci: Fix potential error pointer dereference in probe()\n\nThe drv->sram_reg pointer could be set to ERR_PTR(-EPROBE_DEFER) which\nwould lead to a error pointer dereference.  Use IS_ERR_OR_NULL() to check\nthat the pointer is valid.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/24d61b6e23d2c7291c528dd43a0bf76b5c05c8f0","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/44e32104cf7e670e3d683c97b52350d8fac23322","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/80eab6a9df7e1107dc334434dbacd05297703377","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9cc23e221f392304b7b8aad213812564ddf6517e","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fc33bf0e097c6834646b98a7b3da0ae5b617f0f9"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-21T03:43:09.190223697+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-40156","score":0.00201,"percentile":0.09857,"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."]}