CVE-2025-40116

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.

EPSS

0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 13% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

Published

2025-11-12

Modified

2026-10-19

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-21

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

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